Tag Archives: Black people

Book Review: Colson Whitehead ~ Sag Harbor (2009)

This is a coming-of-age novel. Its principal character is  a Black-American teenager. Benji is middle-class attending a private prep school, where he, along with his younger brother, are the only black pupils. His parents own a holiday home in Sag … Continue reading

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The Michael Parkinson-Muhammad Ali Interview, 1971 (an extract)

And I always asked my mother, I said, ‘Momma, how come is everything white?’ I said, ‘Why is Jesus white with blond hair and blue eyes? Why is the Lord’s supper all white men? Angels are white, the Pope, Mary, … Continue reading

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