http://lakeneuron.com/2006/01/02/relics-of-racism/ $200 per House; $200 plus four houses for Hotel Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lakeneuron.com/2006/01/02/relics-of-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Darrell Grizzle Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:48:20 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/2006/01/02/relics-of-racism/#comment-792 I love old Fred Astaire movies, too. If it's any consolation, that one performance in Swing Time is the only time he did blackface, and he did it as a tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Back then (1936) it was received as a genuine tribute to a black performer, although today we can clearly see the racism in it. I love old Fred Astaire movies, too. If it’s any consolation, that one performance in Swing Time is the only time he did blackface, and he did it as a tribute to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Back then (1936) it was received as a genuine tribute to a black performer, although today we can clearly see the racism in it.

]]> http://lakeneuron.com/2006/01/02/relics-of-racism/comment-page-1/#comment-38161 Darrell Grizzle Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:48:20 +0000 http://lakeneuron.com/2006/01/02/relics-of-racism/#comment-38161 I love old Fred Astaire movies, too. If it's any consolation, that one performance in Swing Time is the only time he did blackface, and he did it as a tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Back then (1936) it was received as a genuine tribute to a black performer, although today we can clearly see the racism in it. I love old Fred Astaire movies, too. If it's any consolation, that one performance in Swing Time is the only time he did blackface, and he did it as a tribute to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Back then (1936) it was received as a genuine tribute to a black performer, although today we can clearly see the racism in it.

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