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| re: Here's a link | |
| Posted by: AC126748 12:03 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Here's a link - theaterguy 10:42 am EDT 06/29/20 | |
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| It's pretty clear that Grissom holds a personal vendetta against Nottage, likely due to the fact that his friend Johanna Day was going to be replaced on Broadway after originating a role in one of Nottage's plays at the Guthrie. And he's attempting to attack her credibility any way he can, no matter how spurious, including a "quote" that suggests Nottage is somehow less of a Black woman because she's married to a white man. (So are Suzan-Lori Parks, Jackie Sibblies Drury and Antoinette Nwandu, for what it's worth.) If I were Ms. Day, I'd think it wise to distance myself from this character. | |
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| re: Here's a link | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:50 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Here's a link - AC126748 12:03 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
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| I agree with you that he's attacking her credibility and that it's disgusting, but surely you also know that the questioning of black people who marry white people is not uncommon within the black community. To the extent that Grissom's columns have become a place for people to air all of their dirty laundry and prejudicial thoughts, he's simply allowing a wider audience to read a strain of thought that tends to stay hidden. This attack on her Blackness isn't unique to Grissom, and I was less surprised than others that he printed it, because I've heard similar thoughts expressed over the past few years by a handful of my Black colleagues and friends. | |
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| re: Here's a link | |
| Posted by: whereismikeyfl 08:43 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Here's a link - Singapore/Fling 06:50 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
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| I have also heard many racist, misogynist, and other bigoted views spoken. So I should include them in my writing so that others can see see what is otherwise hidden? This is the weirdest defense of disseminating bigotry that I have ever heard. |
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| re: Here's a link | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 08:57 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Here's a link - whereismikeyfl 08:43 pm EDT 06/29/20 | |
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| It would be a weird defense indeed, if it were a defense. Fortunately, it's not. One can contextualize the quote that Grissom used (which I will presume is not made up) without defending his use of it. | |
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