“My mother was raised in a very, very racist environment. She used to tell me that her father was such a bigot that he would say, 'You better not marry an Irishman, or a Jewish person.' Imagine somebody saying, 'Don't marry an Irishman,' and then you marry a Black man.”

American writer and director

Cord Jefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary, he began his career in journalism and later worked as an editor at Gawker until 2014. He wrote for a range of publications before moving into editing, and his work spans both writing and directing. His background in journalism places him in the world of editorial storytelling, where clarity and observation matter as much as style.