Living here in the Land of Strom Thurmond, no one should be surprised
to read of Michelle Obama’s mixed-race ancestry. But The New York Times
story (which ran in the Post and Courier on October 12) has generated a
lot of heat and print and discussion, including an hour on NPR’s On Point
radio program on October 13. Here is The Times story and a blog dedicated
to the discussion.
A friend sent me a Langston Hughes poem (below) and her answer to it. Perfect!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/us/politics/08genealogy.html
CROSS by Langston Hughes
My old man’s a white old man
And my old mother’s black.
If ever I cursed my white old man
I take my curses back.
If ever I cursed my black old mother
And wished she were in hell,
I’m sorry for that evil wish
And now I wish her well
My old man died in a fine big house.
My ma died in a shack.
I wonder were I’m going to die,
Being neither white nor black?
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The answer?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue