Klarinet Archive - Posting 000736.txt from 2003/06

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Political postings - ON topic?
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:18:33 -0400

Exactly my feeling Anne. Like the uproar over the story "Little Black
Sambo" by the African American community some years ago, Sambo was Indian
not African and people who offered various protests about the story either
didn't take the time to read it or didn't understand the context nor the
point of view of the writer. As for "Le Petit Negre," from the beginning I
figured Debussy was offering a benign description of a street dancer,
likely not even African.

At 10:30 AM 06/22/2003 -0400, Anne wrote, in part:
> I'm less certain (though someone will probably have more information)
>that "le petit negre" was offensive in nature.

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