Colorado teen struggles to navigate her black and white identities

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Student April Edwards talks about how she relates to the story of a biracial character in the film, "I'm Not Racist....Am I?"

April Edwards says that as a child, her white mother and black father didn't talk about race very much with her and her brother. As she grows up, Edwards is becoming more interested in the topic, and it's changing the way the Denver family addresses it.

Edwards is a senior at Colorado Academy and this fall her class watched a documentary called "I'm Not a Racist... Am I?" It's about 12 high school students from New York City who chronicle a year in their lives talking about race and privilege.