Hieronymus Bosch, "The Haywain," after. 1510
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A few days ago I had dinner with a co-worker. She knows nothing of my secret identity (i.e., Jef Costello) and I have never clued her in to the full extent of my political incorrectness. Nevertheless, as I do with so many others, I relish little opportunities to slip something into the conversation to make her think. Usually it consists in unfurling a bit of my colossal pessimism – my sense that everything is going to complete and utter hell. On this particular occasion she listened to me for awhile and then said, wearing a look of grave concern, “Are you happy?”
Don’t Eat the Strange Fruit
Kenan Malik
Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate
Oneworld, 2009
There has been some discussion on the Internet about the book Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate
by South Asian intellectual Kenan Malik, a book in which the work of Frank Salter is sharply critiqued. Read more …