I just loved this chapter, GT. Loved it! Reminds me of 'Melting Pot' (Blue Mink 1968?) I have a mate at the club who's father was coloured. Vaughan went to a 'white school' and did his national service in the late seventies. One of our older members made the huge blunder of asking him the question one day, "Being coloured, how do you feel about racism?" If the octogenarian had been less frail, Vaughan would have given him a resounding klap but instead he spat out his response," Stan,... I'm fucken white, you cunt!"
My friend Brian, who you met at the 'Troyville Hotel' has an aunt who, during a visit to her family in Australia, was given for her birthday a laboratory test that examined her heritage. The results showed that she had a fair and significant mixture of North African and Portugese and a few other interesting genes in the blood sample that she supplied. I reckon the government should make it mandatory for all of us to have the same test, the result of which should be printed and stamped into each citizen's book of life.
Brazil ... fascinating! In Italian, 'leopard' is 'gattopardo'... is that the same 'pardo'? Anyway, beautifully thought and crafted Gordon, as ever, so much to think about. Absolutely right that Brexit is an auto-immune response from centuries of deep and class-ridden racism. The biter bitten.
I just loved this chapter, GT. Loved it! Reminds me of 'Melting Pot' (Blue Mink 1968?) I have a mate at the club who's father was coloured. Vaughan went to a 'white school' and did his national service in the late seventies. One of our older members made the huge blunder of asking him the question one day, "Being coloured, how do you feel about racism?" If the octogenarian had been less frail, Vaughan would have given him a resounding klap but instead he spat out his response," Stan,... I'm fucken white, you cunt!"
My friend Brian, who you met at the 'Troyville Hotel' has an aunt who, during a visit to her family in Australia, was given for her birthday a laboratory test that examined her heritage. The results showed that she had a fair and significant mixture of North African and Portugese and a few other interesting genes in the blood sample that she supplied. I reckon the government should make it mandatory for all of us to have the same test, the result of which should be printed and stamped into each citizen's book of life.
Brazil! Wow!!
Cheers, Rob. You should be blogging those stories, man. Exquisitely South African!
Brazil ... fascinating! In Italian, 'leopard' is 'gattopardo'... is that the same 'pardo'? Anyway, beautifully thought and crafted Gordon, as ever, so much to think about. Absolutely right that Brexit is an auto-immune response from centuries of deep and class-ridden racism. The biter bitten.