Saturday, 28 November 2009

Two paradoxical questions

These two questions came to me in the middle of some discussion with Claudia, Sergio, Filipa, Lea and glasses, and glasses of amazing cheap red wine,

Was Michael Jackson, white or black?- What´s race then?

Was Christopher Columbus one of the first "Development Consultants"?

Now, I feel really skeptical about this job title.

2 comments:

  1. Question 2 we have discussed earlier, but here I'm responding to Q 1.

    The race question is interesting. I'm curious to hear what context you said it in.
    Of course, there is historical baggage here. Michael Jackson was black - to begin with at least. He's written about black oppression. discrimination.

    And yet, I'm also tempted to say that because race intersects with class and gender (and perhaps more factors, such as sexuality), in a sense, Michael Jackson may have crossed over to the 'white' side. He's not the Other anymore. I wonder... do any of his later songs reflect black sentiments?

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