--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/25/magazine/25FELTON.html > > "The Tragic Mulatto wore Doc Martens. In this NYT > Magazine piece, Paul > Tough explores the uneasy case of white supremacist > Leo Felton - a > would-be racial holy warrior who happens to be > biracial, the child of a white woman and a black man. > > While "passing" has always, always been fraught > with risks and > contradictions, this is one of the more charged, > vivid, and frankly > depressing examples in recent memory. But is there > some hope bound up > in it? With "race" increasingly being understood as > a social construct, > some seven million Americans identifying themselves > as "multiracial," > and an interracial community replete with its own > voices, was Leo > Felton the prophet of something entirely other than > what he thought?"
Sad yet ironic in a way the Tymbrimi would appreciate...maybe there's hope in that his formerly-racist girlfriend dropped her racism when she found out that he is biracial. Is There In Truth Beauty? Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
