Race Archive
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The Drama of Miscegenation
Posted on December 28, 2012 | No CommentsWhen Jean Genet’s play,”The Balcony,” premiered in London in 1957, he was two years away from writing “The Blacks,” which dealt with negritude, among other issues. By the time Joseph Strick directed “The Balcony,” for the screen, in 1962, Genet’s... -
A Train Story
Posted on March 10, 2012 | 4 CommentsEmail to a friend: I’m on the train on my way back to NYC, and there are a couple of white boys in front of me, adolescents, who were giggling over something on the smaller boy’s computer when I came... -
One Poem for My Spiritual Godfather, Lester Young
Posted on November 9, 2011 | 2 CommentsUpon approaching someone he loved, Lester Young greeted them with: “How are your feelings”? Nat Hentoff produced the attached clip. Lester is the second soloist. He named Billie not Lady but Duchess. He called Billie’s mother, Sadie, Lady, but Billie... -
Maybe Racism Won’t Kill Me After all
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsIn recent weeks, I had to spend time in a New England city. I was looking for an apartment. During the search, I reached out to a number of people I hardly knew. One was a middle-aged man I’d had...
