by Kathy Routliffe
Contact Reporter
Pioneer Press
October 1, 2018, 11:25 AM
An African-American mother told a New Trier group that helped sponsor a movie on racism that she wasn’t prepared for that much history in the documentary “The Long Shadow.”
Tynesha Jointer of Chicago said the film, which explores how slavery became integral to U.S. history and development and how racism still underpins the nation, hit home.
“I don’t get to forget I’m black,” she said.