A Collector
FEBRUARY 24, 2007 Listen to this Story
- A "Black is Beautiful" Doll
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It's black history month. And in its honor, we bring you a story about how we see race, and what it does to our understanding of ourselves and the people around us. But first, imagine this. You walk into someone's home, and on the kitchen counter you see, in among the spices and cooking oil, a salt shaker in the shape of a fat, jolly, dark faced Aunt Jemima. You look around, and you see more objects like this. You take it all in, but what goes through your mind? What do you assume about the people who live in this place? Weekend America's Krissy Clark has a few possible answers to that question.
Excerpt from the book "The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self," by Joe Wenderoth
Used with permission by the author. Published by Verse Press.
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- Music Bridge:
- Horseback
- Artist: Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
- CD: Lindstrom & Prins Thomas (Eskimo)
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