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Sandra Laing (born 1955) is a South African woman notable for appearing as and being classified as "coloured" by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was the child of at least three generations of white ancestors. At age 10, she was expelled from her all-white school, and the authorities' decisions based on her anomalous appearance disrupted her family and adult life. Laing is the subject of the 2008 biographical dramatic film ''Skin'', directed by Anthony Fabian, which has won numerous awards.〔(''Skin'' movie official website )〕〔(''Skin'' film review )〕 In addition, she is the subject of the documentaries ''In Search of Sandra Laing'' (1977), directed by Anthony Thomas for the BBC, which was banned by the apartheid government of the time;〔 ("Black Afrikaner" story to become film ), BBC, 29 May 2003〕 ''Sandra Laing: A Spiritual Journey'' (2000), and ''Skin Deep: The Story of Sandra Laing'' (2009). ==Early life== Sandra Laing was born in 1955 to Sannie and Abraham Laing, Afrikaners in Piet Retief, a small conservative town in South Africa during the apartheid era, when laws governed officially established social castes of racial classification. The girl had darker skin than others in her family, which seemed to become more obvious as she grew older. Her parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were all white, but Sandra apparently was an example of atavism, a genetic throwback to some earlier African ancestor, perhaps as early as the 18th century.〔 Her family treated her as white, the same as their sons Adriaan and Leon, and together they all attended the Dutch Reformed Church.〔 When Sandra was 10 years old and at an all-white boarding school, the school authorities expelled her 〔 because of complaints by parents of other students, based on her appearance: primarily skin colour and the texture of her hair. They believed she was "coloured", a term for mixed-race people. She was escorted home by two police officers.〔 Sandra's parents fought several legal battles to have her classified as white, based on her documented ancestry through them. Her father underwent a blood-typing test for paternity in the 1960s, as DNA tests were not yet available. The results were compatible with his being her biological father. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandra Laing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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