http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/02/07/wire-black-white
Comments on this interview?
I found it interesting that this critic, Renee Graham, found The Wire more objectionable than Porgy and Bess.
(Note that Porgy and Bess (1935) keeps coming up in our readings, most recently in Jacobson (5). It doesn't get made into a film until 1959. But if someone wants to watch it and blog about it, please do.
Links for class 2/14/12:
Etta Moten, the (uncredited) blues singer in Gold-Diggers:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609323/
http://www2.oxfordaasc.com/article/opr/t0001/e1965?hi=0&highlight=1&from=quick&pos=2
I think it's completely fine for white people to write black stories. Authors do that all the time... adults write from the eyes of kids, guys write about girls, etc. I think it's good that they do that because it shows compassion and understanding. The Help may not have been perfect, but it definitely helped more than hurt society's fight against racism.
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