“I listen to a lot of white music. I mean, I listen to a lot of white music. I’m the only person in my neighborhood with The Tubes blasting out of their car. My neighbor says, ‘I always know when you’re coming because there’s nobody else who’s going to drive up in Harlem blasting heavy metal.'”
Larene LaSonde
“As I said then, I still believe that there is a “tribe” of people who were once an important force in our society. A tribe in America unto itself….”
Jeffrey Henson Scales
“I think I’ve shifted to a more mixed race identity after living in Harlem almost 30 years. Living in a primarily black community has pushed me more to see my sensibilities aren’t necessarily the same as the people around me.”
Black, White, Other Flashback: Larene LaSonde
“The first time I heard ‘mulatto’ used in something other than a negative way was when I got married to my second husband. He called me mulatto, and it wasn’t patronizing. He found a poster of a woman, and it said ‘Octaroon’ over the top. He had it beautifully framed and gave it to me….”
Deborah Gregory
“So I took a swab of saliva and sent it in and two months later I received my Ethnic Ancestry DNA certificate in the mail….”