She Thought She Was White, Until the ‘Little White Lie’ Revealed a Dark Family Secret (Watch)

*For all Lacey Schwartz knew, she was white. At least that’s what she had been told. She grew up in Woodstock, N.Y., a predominantly white neighborhood, with her Jewish parents, Peggy and Robert Schwartz. But what she came to know over time was that her biological father was actually black.

Schwartz’s story isn’t one about “passing” for white, a longstanding  issue in the African-American culture. She was actually raised to believe she was.  

In her documentary, “Little White Lie,” which is airing on PBS as part of its “Independent Lens” series, Schwartz reveals her journey on coming to terms with her biracial identity and confronting her parents about the family secret.

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