The Little White Lie Analysis

The Little White Lie documentary was about a grown woman named Lacey Schwartz who in her late teens made a discovery about herself that altered the rest of her life. Born in Woodstock, New York in a Jewish family she was raised as a typical Caucasian girl; except that she was not White, she was far darker complected than anyone in her community. She and everyone in her family were told she resembled her great-grandfather, who was Sicilian. However, when her parents failed marriage ended in divorce in her late teens and then she was admitted into college as a black student based on a photo she began to question her doubts about who she was. When the truth was revealed that her mother Peggy had had an ongoing affair with a black man, named Rodney, since the beginning of her marriage and he was in fact Lacey’s father her entire view on her personal life was upturned. She then began an internal journey to piece together the shattered idea of who she was. Lacey detailed her life from early childhood to …show more content…
All through their marriage both Lacey’s mother and father Robert denied the possibility that she was fathered by another man. Her father also denied accepting that his wife had an affair and betrayed her. This then caused communication problems between lacey and her father when she want6ed to talk through the issues. Denial can cause problems and anger to build up inside of you causing passive- aggressive emotions and actions. Harboring ill feelings or doubts yet not facing a problem is like shaking a bottle of soda and letting the pressure build until you release the cap and it explodes. This is what ultimately happened to Lacey’s parents’ marriage when they refused to accept the problems and work through them and it resulted in their divorce. It is healthier to instead face an issue or your emotions head on and sort through them to reach a