Not your fault, Kevin... but you should consider how Whitney Houston was treated by members of her own Race for being "too white". Your movie undoubtedly became a bullet point in that argument. You want to talk about what it was like in rural Louisiana 50 years ago. It might be more relevant to talk about what is going on in America today?
Rural SOUTH Louisiana 50 years ago, race was pretty much a non issue...
People were of so many mixes, it was often hard to tell, so the kids never cared.