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I'm going to take what feels like a risk, here, and admit that I don't understand how the "racial meaning" of blackness "differs from" Jonson's Masque. The black daughters of Africa who migrate to England seeking whiteness are told that they don't need it--they're already beautiful, although the English poets have inculcated in them a northern European aesthetic. Have I grossly misread the text, or is that somehow not racial? I found it amazing, possibly for mistaken reasons. _____ David Lee Miller Department of English 543 Boonesboro Ave University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40508 Lexington, KY 40506-0027 (859) 252-3680 (859) 257-6965 FAX 323-1072 -----Original Message----- From: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of William Oram Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 7:57 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Blackness in the 16thC Don't forget the racial meaning, e.g. Othello., which differs from the Masque of Blackness. Virginia Mason Vaughan, Othello: A Contextual History has lots of good material, some of it 16thC. Bill Oram