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	Podcast:		Fresh Air
	Episode:		Love, Race & the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:43:41
	Publish Date:		2026-02-10 19:28:34
	Description:		Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts had to confront the 25 boxes of his research collecting dust in her office. Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years doing research on interracial marriage and intimacy in Chicago. Her new memoir, ‘The Mixed Marriage Project,’ draws from their records. She says the project permeated every corner of her upbringing, and now, as a scholar herself, she’s reflecting on her life and racial identity with a new lens. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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