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I do not know if this is a good topic for the wiki... but I have to admit, I do not like this book. I'm not sure why though, it just seemed really dry and boring to me. I guess because I felt like, especially in the first chapter, that it was a "oh look at whose having sex with who and are they cheating in the celebrity world." --Ashley Wilkins | I do not know if this is a good topic for the wiki... but I have to admit, I do not like this book. I'm not sure why though, it just seemed really dry and boring to me. I guess because I felt like, especially in the first chapter, that it was a "oh look at whose having sex with who and are they cheating in the celebrity world." --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | I have to say that I disagree with Ashley, I thought the book was very interesting. Yeah, the first chapter read kind of like a tabloid, but it was interesting to see how far-reaching the interracial relations went. Look at that crazy genealogy in the interlude. Then you also get to see how shortsighted and contradictory these people really were. I find it incredibly fascinating. | ||
This week is supposed to be interracial sex and all that jazz... however, with my own view points I have problems with the whole "Those two people can't be together and have a family because of the color of their skin." So... articles and monographs that touch of the subject usually make me moody, upset, or annoyed. I know its the difference in opinions of people then and now, but why couldn't people just leave others alone? If you don't like what 2 other people are doing, don't look at them. If people did like Mrs. White Jane Doe having sex with Mr. Black Joe Smith, then don't pay attention to them. Let them live their lives and ignore them. If they want to have a kid, who cares. The people in the 1800s needed to be honest with themselves, people were already having sex 'across the color line,' but no one seemed to care much until blacks were free, honestly, does it matter that the blacks were free? Oy.... --Ashely Wilkins | This week is supposed to be interracial sex and all that jazz... however, with my own view points I have problems with the whole "Those two people can't be together and have a family because of the color of their skin." So... articles and monographs that touch of the subject usually make me moody, upset, or annoyed. I know its the difference in opinions of people then and now, but why couldn't people just leave others alone? If you don't like what 2 other people are doing, don't look at them. If people did like Mrs. White Jane Doe having sex with Mr. Black Joe Smith, then don't pay attention to them. Let them live their lives and ignore them. If they want to have a kid, who cares. The people in the 1800s needed to be honest with themselves, people were already having sex 'across the color line,' but no one seemed to care much until blacks were free, honestly, does it matter that the blacks were free? Oy.... --Ashely Wilkins | ||
