Thursday, July 2, 2009

Complexities of Stereotype

By Dint:

White Bride and Black One; Racism Amok A Grimm Tale. It is not the color that ends up important, although it started out that way, and highly symbolic; it is the doing of good or evil. Who ends up happy? Black was not always a pejorative. We added that, to a large degree.

Eve's Various Children: Each to His Place Handsomes to idle at the top; uglies to work at the bottom. Plus ca change?

The Jew Among the Thorns Anti-semitism in the tales.

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