GRGR(4): "I Wanna Be Black" (PLAYLIST ADDITION)

[Paul Mackin]

P seems to be quite fearless about these things. No place he fears to tread.
Essential to drawing us in. Essential to his teasing , implicating style.  Where
Indians are concerned he works both sides of the street as with the remark about
the Cherokee lyrics. Seems to constantly run the risk of being called a bigot or a
bleeding heart. But we know better. Or do we? We don't really KNOW anything. The
game is exciting.
                                                            P.

Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:

> "(...) up through the smelly water, comes the sound of a of a whole dark gang of
> awful Negroes come yelling happily into the white men's room, (...)" (p. 64)
>
> The ethnic ambivalence here like in this episode in general reminds me of Lou
> Reed's "I wanna be black". An expressive live-version of that song can be heard
> on "Take No Prisoners" (1978), - here are the lyrics:
>

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