She was being raised as a white child in Texas while her Haitian father was fighting racism in MontrealPosted in Articles, Audio, Canada, Family/Parenting, Media Archive, Texas, United States on 2019-11-12 19:54Z by Steven |
The Doc Project
CBC Radio
2019-10-28
Shari Okeke, Producer
 Rhonda Fils-Aimé and her father, Philippe, at a family gathering this year in Braunfels, Texas. (Submitted by Rhonda Fils-Aimé) |
Rhonda Fils-Aimé was adopted by a white family as a baby, and her biological father, Philippe, had no idea
Until she was 49 years old, the only information Rhonda Lux had about her family background was that she was German, French and Indian. That’s what her adoptive mother had told her, and for most of her life, Rhonda didn’t question it.
Rhonda was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1968 and was left in a children’s shelter.
“I was adopted by a white family and raised in a white community,” she said.
Only recently, in 2017, did Rhonda discover the truth about her racial heritage and manage to find her father, Philippe — who she learned had been part of an historic protest against racism in Montreal…
Read the article and listen to the story (00:28:31) here.