Podcast: For 15 years, Annabelle Tometich wrote all her restaurant reviews under a pseudonym. She spoke about what that double life taught her about White privilege and her own racial identity.
For more than a third of her life, Annabelle Tometich wrote all her restaurant reviews for the News Press in Fort Myers, Fla., under the pseudonym Jean Le Boeuf.wrote in her op-ed for The Post"I’m a half-Filipina, half-Yugoslavian/English/Canadian woman, born one year after Le Boeuf was created in the same place he was created: a city named for a Confederate colonel."
Tometich spoke with James about what living a double life taught her about White privilege and her own racial identity.Correction: In a previous version of this episode, we noted that Annabelle Tometich reviewed an Italian restaurant on Sanibel Island. Her byline was on that piece, but Annabelle let us know that though she edited the piece, freelancer Gina Birch should get the credit.
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