what a woman who could have joined the D.A.R. has learned about the socially-constructed, political notion of "race" by just paying attention and NOT keeping her mouth shut...
I write a lot about the negative effects of five hundred years of aggressive White oppression against people of color. Here's a stunning example of one of the positive effects: tried-in-the-fire, full-tilt-boogie, way-way-over-the-top wonderfulness! The phoenix, indeed, rises out of the ashes in full glory. Lead us, children, to the light.