Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio (LOC)

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it's not a Negro Boy , it's a golden boy, perhaps in one day you'll understand the mistake you made

He is looking deep into len, but could he imagine today???

To me, the word 'negro' is a description of skin colour. Nothing else.

this this chest is a red beating heart. please have one and change the name of this photograph. all you have to do is remove one word.

Remove the word and remove history. Do we want an entire chapter of history forgotten? The struggles? Let's erase them. They aren't pretty.

yes, please change the title. lovey DOF, nevertheless.

NEGRO is the exact same word as BLACK and no one seems to be concerned with saying "BLACK PRESIDENT" ....... thats what i thought.
get over it .

Jam-Master Jay!

Negro is associated with a bad era for "Us, African Americans".

beautiful !

nic pic

Great. Fantastica

shame on you!??

its just a word, words mean many DIFFERENT tthings to many DIFFERENT people.

You're all a bunch of cretins. Do you have nothing better to do than worry about a word?! IT IS NOT OFFENSIVE. I am quite sure that the boy would no more object to being described as "negro" than he would as being described as "black". The words mean the same thing, after all. This is pathetic.

beautifull eyes

Lovely ^^

It's a wonderful photo... and to everyone who thought that the use of the word "negro" was distasteful, I have two things to offer: 1. It's the caption of the photo as originally cataloged, and 2. www.uncf.org (The United Negro College Fund) Apparently, it is not THAT horrific a term

so kute :x

Aside from the title being original to the photo and the photographer, this is the word that this little boy would have used to describe himself as well.

Looks a lot like Stymie, from " Our Gang"

Nice photo!

Add your note here.

he IS a negro Boy, and with no offense, the title is beautiful and the picture too.
there is no reason to be offended by the title, because it is true, he is Black,And What??
it is not the Title of the picture that matters, but what people think of him.
Wonderful.

Bad ass hat, huh?

what a handsome little guy!

The foto is very original and so is the name,
What would happen if the title would be( A white boy near Atlanta Ga.)
no one would have commented it would not even made the Explore .
this is part of history live it alone.

wonderful

This is the original name of the photograph. Not what the LOC decided to call it.

A picture of Innocence

lovely kodachrome...

Negro is not a bad word, it means black and nothing more. He is a boy of color a Nergo, its meant with the best of taste and if you dont see that then your wacked, Im sure thats what the photo is titles on the back. GET OVER IT.

negro is only a term. Term for our friend and our brother.

innocent perfection =)

Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio (LOC) by The Library of Congress.

Vachon, John,, 1914-1975,, photographer.

Negro boy near Cincinnati, Ohio

[1942 or 1943]

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
African Americans--Children
United States--Ohio--Cincinnati

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-28 (DLC) 93845501

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Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34281

Call Number: LC-USF35-276

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lomokev says:

is it necessary to label the photo "Negro boy" surly "boy" will do or if needed to make reference to his race for historical context surly African American. just like to point out that i am not PC mad just thought this title was a little odd. after all this guy is probably alive wonder what he would think to being called "Negro boy"
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

[kren] says:

I guess it must be the original title, or the agency caption as mentioned above. I don't see anything wrong in keeping that title, it reminds us of the mindset of some people in that time and it could even be an anti-racist statement.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

✿ María  (Happy New Year!!!) says:

I Like the photo but not the tittle.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

styler* says:

yes but the title is part of the times the image was taken in
therefore the title itself has a historical context.

it might not be nice or acceptable context, but to change the title as given by the original photographer, changes history. Essentially whitewashing the past.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Emily Barney says:

The titles are all drawn from the original descriptions of the photos - if you browse around on the Library of Congress's American Memory project you'll see a lot of outdated terms sometimes, but that's the way people talked back then. This is part of why they need help from people tagging pictures - we look for pictures using different words than the photographers or librarians back then would have used.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Be Somebody Or Be Somebody's Fool says:

You wouldn't tell the UNCF or NAACP to change their names would you? (Maybe some would)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

yonas1 says:

Fantastic portrait. But not diggin' the title. Cheers.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Martino's doodles says:

I'm all for keeping the title but it should be made clear that it is the original one.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

tabhastal says:

The title is fine...get over it. At the time that this photo was taken the title was widely accepted; remember that this was before civil rights became widely accepted. It's okay to get nervous now about the use of the descriptor "negro" as we have evolved into a more caring society, but don't judge the chosen title based upon current sensibilities as if to say that the title was originally chosen as a negative descriptor. It was most likely just a common use of the word.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

rmcarrier1 says:

The title is original. If they scanned in a copy of a newspaper from 1942, would you want them to change the headline because it contained a derogatory term for the Japanese? This is history, "warts and all." The title is equally important to the photo itself. Afterall, what is an image worth if there isn't any context?

Photographically, this photo is just fantastic. The DOF is just phenomenal.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

R i c h a r d says:

I agree with Martino's doodles.. it should be clearer that this is the original title of the photograph
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

miserloujones says:

This kid is clearly the shit. Hat lookin hell of dapper.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Crankydragon says:

The little boy is adorable. Wonderful DoF.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Amber... Bamberboo says:

I have spent far to long looking through these photos... I am transfixed. These slides, with their vivid color and textures, make me truly believe for the first time that my grandparents lives were, indeed, not lived in black and white!!

Leave the title and the history in tact - we live and learn. If we forget why we have evolved, will we remember to keep the ground we have claimed?
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

D.Michael1 says:

Negro wasn't a slur back then it was just a name. The reason why people thought it was offensive and needed to be changed escapes me as well. Why exactly is "black" preferable to "negro"? Perhaps because it's closer to that real slur but I just think society likes to invent offenses to be self-righteous and indignant about.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Masque says:

To those asking for clarity on the origin of the caption, please take note of the aptly-named notes section, and this text:

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

History isn't always pretty; neither always are the ways in which we view it from the present.

The important part here is that the photo is splendid. I wonder if this gentleman is still around.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

The Queen of No says:

lol @ people getting offended by a title that was applied during the time the photo was developed. come on.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

pennylrichardsca says:

A 1964 oral history interview with photographer John Vachon:

www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/tran scripts/vach...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

joys_catalina says:

I have been browsing for over an hour! These pictures are absolutely stunning.
The photographer captured the essence of this boy- so earnest and intense. He must be more than 70 by now...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

scheiro says:

Splendid portrait ! Very beautiful capture !
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

pojoel says:

Do the politically correct people here also believe that "Rio Negro" should be renamed to "African American River"?

The origin is the latin word "nigrum" which means "black" (Black Pepper = Piper Nigrum). From there it came to Spanish and Portuguese as "negro"
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan's sordid & sundry pictures says:

Excellent point, Somebody's Fool!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

cog2007 says:

At that time, "Negro" was not derogatory, but descriptive. Language and attitudes have changed. (Last sentence deliberately in passive voice.)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Craig Moyer says:

Its the original title. You guys fail.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

ashley?autaubo says:

I love how all the people commenting on how they don't like the title are white...why don't we ask an African American what their thoughts. I agree that it is not racist. It was for that time, but that time has passed and now the title is more historic. That is what they were called back then. I have a diary from one of my family members who was a slave and she referred to herself as a colored woman. I don't think it is offensive.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

ashley?autaubo says:

She also referred to herself as well as her family members as "negro" people. It's the same as saying "black."
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

gautamcse says:

is the title original ?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

against the tide says:

Not all 'black' people are African and they dont automatically mean they are American too. People who are saying that they should re-title this as 'African American'; do you surely know the boy is both African and American ? Surely if he is not, then that is being prejudice is it not ? Does it not sounds a little presumptuous ?

There are black people from Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Australia, Jamaica or even India.

Awesome photo and the title is not a racist remark, rather a statement of the period.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Morbit Photography [deleted] says:

nice :)

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

... laura ... says:

lovely :)))))
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

RobertoA says:

Bella foto (good shot)

Compliments, I like it

If you like you can add this photo to the Picture at an Exhibition group.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

JD Fielding [deleted] says:

Original title or not...the one thing all the whiners need to remember is this - NEGRO is an accetable term, as is colored. What do you think the "C" in NAACP stands for?

Also, this is clearly a photograph of a young boy.

All the people who have left comments about not liking the title should ask yourself one question. If you were in Italy, say on vacation...and a cute lil boy was playing cars on some stairs outside a villa...a scene you just had to photograph!

You get home, upload the photo to your computer so you can upload it to Flickr...mmm title.."Aah yes" "Italian Boy Playing Outside Villa" or maybe some simply "Italian Boy".

Whose offended? Are you? Is that child? Prolly not.

The fact of the matter is, we are all equal, but race issues overthe years have escalated to the point that the anglo person is now afraid to be anglo, or to use the term Negro, or Colored.

Some will even advocate for the rights of others before there own to the very point of putting themself in a very vulnerable situation.

For all of those afraid to be honest. It's a great photograph and so awesome that it has been restored for all of us to view.

But, please - dont be petty.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

darkson33 says:

I am a person of color and the one thing I hate about living in the greatest country in the world is the labels and titles that we place on each other. Although I think the title is fine I would've changed it to something else while still giving credit to the originator.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

cqgloomsunday says:

Lovely
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

witchknight2003 says:

This is a fantastic photograph, and an amazing historical record, both on the personal and societal levels. Those who are offended by the title have every right to feel, as they do and voice their opinions. But bare in mind that we learn as much about our history from the titles of these photographs as we do from the images they capture. And to change the title would be as wrong as to photoshop the image itself. How else would we be able to grow evolve and be a more caring community if we did not preserve the record of the dark and offensive parts of the our history as a point to compare our current behavior?
Remember the saying "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." ?
If we revise our historic records now so it does not offend, then it won't be long before those who come after us forget or worse never understand why it was offensive in the first place.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

733. says:

Titles are fine...this is a fantastic picture. History is not "PC".
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

digital kid2007 says:

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Great photo but like others have said, the title diminishes the image.

What about "Wonderful young Man" instead ?
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ray Pempengco says:

I didn't know they made slide film in the 1940s... I thought it was produce somtime in the 1950s
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Baker says:

Well they had colour movie film during WWII...so I assume they would have slide film as well.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

joewig says:

LOL. I love it.

This wasn't taken in 2003 folks, but in 1943--in apartheid, Jim Crow, segregated America. "Negro" was the term used to describe African Americans. It was even used on birth certificates. It wasn't deemed offensive, it was just an "official name" for colored, Afro, black (and now African American) people. Now we don't use the term. At that time, they did. It is what it is.

I love the picture and the attitude of the little boy in it. The title is right on point and shouldn't be changed. Negro is not the "n" word. If it were, then Houston, we'd have a problem.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Alex Arnold Photography says:

awesome shot
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

mortgagestar1 says:

I recall the term vividly and still widely used in the deep south. Great historical photo! Self indoctrinated apartheid still exist by poverty pimps and the self defeatist attitude of the liberal minded black sub culture.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

SigHolm (Gleðileg Jól 2009) says:

Great and beautiful photo. Greetings from Iceland.

Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

LuKauM BH says:

Beautiful
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Yes, the rivers knows- says:

que buena foto porfavorrrrr
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

LuDongBin says:

Bellissima!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

patrícia soransso  says:

lovely colours! awesome dof and expression..
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

aongarcia says:

So amazing. One of the most beautiful and most poignant photos I've seen.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Danial Yahya says:

marvelous
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Myrwin says:

It's an incredible shot and a historically important one.

I cannot believe the misguided fools who are quibbling about the word, "Negro." We can breathe a sigh of relief they aren't burning books anymore, or witches...
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Sator Arepo says:

Great
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

lee_yoshida says:

Very textured and telling.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Lo insignificante ♫ says:

great photo
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Beyond Teresa says:

excellent portrait
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

SherryH80 says:

He is a cute little guy. I don't think you should worry about the title because the fact that you now have an African-American for a president proves that specifically Americans are generally not racist. Terms come and go and that is ok as long as people keep growing and moving closer and closer to peace in the changes they make.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

nobofoto says:

Absolutely love the picture. Don't get the fuss about the title. But then again, I'm not American.

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Walk as a Stranger says:

Nice photo....

don't change history anymore than we do... The name is the name of the photo, nothing more. hmmm.... next well change the naacp ?
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

hulakan says:

great
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

kona49 in the 78rpmzone says:

beautiful beautiful boy. I need more time to read all of the comments. but, beautiful boy, beautiful photograph, glad to have seen it.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

gelamaka says:

incredible and stronge... i love this picture!!

namaste!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

j-s-v says:

einfach fantastisch
mehr lobbende wörter kann ich leider nicht sagen :)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

lauypollo says:

uhuru !!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Liamfm . says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Teenage kicks, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

lovely shot *******
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

kermittina [waiting for christmas!!!] says:

like the photo but not the tittle!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

gTarded says:

Love the photo. The boy is clearly not Scandinavian so the title fits!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

MorenoCinescape says:

increible
que buena :)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

willeum says:

Negro here. The title is fine!! That's what they called black people back in the day. Leave it alone folks.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

" Life " by Dave says:

great shot !
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

j.woof says:

that kid would be a very old man now, and how the world changed ...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Rev J~Boss says:

J.D. Fielding Photography says:

All the people who have left comments about not liking the title should ask yourself one question. If you were in Italy, say on vacation...and a cute lil boy was playing cars on some stairs outside a villa...a scene you just had to photograph!

You get home, upload the photo to your computer so you can upload it to Flickr...mmm title.."Aah yes" "Italian Boy Playing Outside Villa" or maybe some simply "Italian Boy".

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While the title doesn't bother me, I would like to address your statement here. Using this example, I don't believe anyone would have mind the title of this picture being called "American Boy Looking At The Camera" or siimply "American Boy". I long for the day when applications only asks if you're a U.S. Citizen or not instead of checking African American, White (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, etc...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

kelsokraft says:

Fantastic shot.
The title is fine, it is part of the history. The fact is, in the 20th century, that was a title that was used for African Americans. People may not like it, but it is what it is.

...another 'negro' chiming in.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

yusuf_alioglu says:

Beautiful portrait...

Nice work...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

beckyonly says:

Negro isnt a bad word people, stop trying to be sensitive. Its an honest and artistic photo and that was the original title. You people make innocent, none offensive things out to be bad
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

lara_korlara says:

great work!!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Brittany ((Halo)) says:

I understand that this is the original title of this particular piece of art, it was never meant to offend, so I love it as is!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Digimist says:

Sign of the times i spose not acceptable today :)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

cayla.lilly says:

Love this truly American Pic. Also i would like to comment on the first comment of this post. the title is in reference to the subject as it was in America in 1942 or so. i am not a racist by far, as my fathers people were nearly exterminated by the early 1900's. Any way,as things change people don't seem to follow. as we no longer act in these ways and try to change our attitudes , there are those who dwell on the negative aspects of all things. and that my fellows is the reason we can not move on. don't forget the past, and move on.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

The Real D.L. says:

These photos being made accessible is work enough- to suggest that attention, and time, should be paid to the titles as well is out of line. Be thankful. Enjoy. This collection is such a positive, a treasure, an education. This beautiful image is a commentary on the times, the descriptive language is as well, they belong to each other.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

eKarin says:

Good quality photo. I asked my African/Canadian in-laws about the term 'negro' We looked through historial books and found'black' was used.
If this were a white child would he/she be referred to as whitey or vanilla face, depending of what century the photo was done?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Franks Photos says:

Excellent photo of this young Man. Fond memories of the series, Little Rascals.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

macrisbruse says:

Una fotografia escelente, es un retrato absolutamente genial, saludos y mis felicitaciones.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

michael.monkey says:

Before I was married I dated a very sweet girl from Africa. Her blood line came out of England. She was white with red hair. She lived in Texas. She was my first African American girlfriend. Later I dated a very beautiful girl from Africa who lived in Mississippi. Her parents moved to Africa from India. She was my second African American girlfriend. Later I dated a black girl from Jackson, MS. She took great offense at being called African American because she is American. African American, according to her, is a racist term used by elitist blacks who are trying to feed white guilt or guilty whites with no sense of themselves. That is why I enjoyed dating her, she wasn’t afraid of honesty or reality.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

gTarded says:

You're quite the player michael.monkey! Can't wait to read about your next girl.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

ckurowic says:

I can 't believe all the ridiculous comments because of the title. I would imagine that is the original title people, not some racist comment from the flickr uploader. Its a good picture, get over it okay?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Bekachka says:

I am from Cincinnati, and have so often tried to imagine the faces of people who inhabited the city in the past, from the crucial time of the Underground Railroad onward. This picture is extremely powerful, and I am so glad it has been saved.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

vertigelt says:

I'm not sure the point of adding yet another comment on the title, but personally, I LOVE the title. It is a piece of history. I understand that the currents of history colour the subtext of the word "negro" in a negative way, but the contemporary subtext of the word had no negative connotation.

Some folks want to toe the line between preserving history and placating today's overly-sensitive masses by suggesting that "back then, they didn't know any better". But it is not the photographer or his contemporaries that didn't know better: it's WE who don't know any better--the degree to which we've coddled and insulated ourselves against any objection anyone might raise anywhere about anything that is deemed offensive for whatever reason.

Let us remember that in arguably the most stirring example of rhetoric for the equality of races in America, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used the word "negro" fifteen times to describe his own people. Are we to assume that Dr. King was ignorant or didn't know any better? That he was one given to submitting to the whims of the time, even if he knew it was degrading? The term was NOT degrading, but simply descriptive. Its degrading connotation is an after taste of decades of iniquity and struggle.

I expect my viewpoint to be lent little credence, uninformed as it is by the necessity of personal experience, but: if I were descended from this spirited, egregiously wronged, but ultimately triumphant lineage, I'd think I'd want to embrace such a term as "negro", if only to invoke the power of continuity, history, solidarity, and oneness: uniting each new victory in an ongoing struggle to the trials from which it was born.

I understand the desire to close ugly chapters of our past, and adopting new lexicon is one means of doing that. But I think zealously whitewashing those things which are reminders of past iniquities, when the reminders themselves are innocuous, is in its own way one more form of binding and fragmenting a truly beautiful people whose whole story is incomparably rich and deserving of our entire attention and respect, not this piecemeal selective memory that passes for sensitivity.

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Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Chauncy.Primm says:

wow i never thought there would be this much hoopla over a title. i like the word "negro" to be honest/ it not necessarily meaning "black " in english terms, but all shades of brown. i hate the terms "african american" and "black" because i am neither one of those things.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

jonron239 says:

I keep coming back to this - firstly because its a great shot and secondly to reread Joe Wigfall's comment.....
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Hoggheff aka Hank Ashby aka Mr. Freshtags says:

it cracks me up at how some people react to reality..I guess some people don't know their history..had the title been changed, this would just be another childs portrait. some need to see things for what they are..fantastic post by the way..cheers
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Brest 29 says:

My girlfriend says I'm (so) white. White is a colour - I checked on the internet, it knows everything - so I'm coloured. So I'm black.
Such a great picture! Someone says it was restored? Like, how? The col..., I mean, the hues? The defintion? It's unbelievably sharp, with beautifully controlled depth of field. Fantastic historical value too.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

k_sukari says:

The title is ab-so-lute-ly perfect! The picture is outstanding and I'm glad it's available for all to view and enjoy. I feel fortunate to have this kind of historical record of a people who are just another part of Americana.

That said, I'm a woman and an American who has brown skin. I don't care how others define me because definition of self is more important. I claim American of African descent. Call me "negro", "colored", "black" who cares just don't call me late for dinner.

Let's drop all this politically correct BS and just be Americans.
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