Thanks for the clarification. I guess I am thinking more about this because
of the Durban conference and the difficulties seen there. However, when I
think (in 2001) of "Moors," I think of a lot of things: Casablanca (the
Bogart movie), King Hassan, Othello, and so on. I don't (personally) think
in terms of black or white, though of course I once did so.
Still, I take your meaning.
Timothy Lillie, Ph.D.
Department of Curricular & Instructional Studies
The College of Education
322 Zook Hall
The University of Akron
Akron OH 44325-4205
330-972-6746
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> Subject: Re: Moulin Rouge - without Crips?
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>
> I didn't argue that the US is more (or less) racist than other
> societies --
> just mentioned descriptively that it "is" racist. I quite agree with you
> that there are other racist societies, although I would add that they each
> construct race in a slightly different manner and (de)value various
> categories in different ways from how they are
> constructed/evaluated in the
> US. -- which is why being a "Moor" has to be "translated" to "either black
> or white."
>
> I suspect, but don't know, that the question of boys playing
> women did come
> up -- by women who wanted to be actors and who protested the
> assumptions of
> the day about who could play what.
>
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