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BBC News How one woman discovered her true cultural heritage Close What would you do if you discovered one of your parents wasn't who they said they were? That's what happened to Gail Lukasik who found out her mother had 'passed' as white to escape racial segregation in the US, in the early 20th Century. She was, in fact, mixed race but had kept it secret all her life and made Gail promise to keep the secret until after she died. Gail has turned her story into a book called White Like Her. Video produced by Trystan Young. Listen to more stories from BBC Outlook's Secrets & Lies series

Virginia Heffernan (L) and Anand Giridharadas speak onstage at WIRED25 Festival: WIRED Celebrates 25th Anniversary – Day 2 on October 14, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Getty Images) Heffernan, in her article, described a personal experience at length. "Oh, heck no. The Trumpites next door to our pandemic getaway, who seem as devoted to the ex-president as you can get without being Q fans, just plowed our driveway without being asked and did a great job. How am I going to resist demands for unity in the face of this act of aggressive niceness?" she wrote. "Of course, on some level, I re...