Tuesday, May 18, 2004
The Folk Legend of the White Mare [SOCIETY]
Since the days of the never-to-be-sufficiently-deplored Reconstruction, there has been current the belief that there is no greater delight to Negroes than the physical association with whites. The doctrine of the white mare. Those familiar with the habits of mules are aware that any mule, if not restrained, will automatically follow a white mare. Dishonest mule-traders made money out of this knowledge in the old days.
So Zora Neale Hurston wrote. Nineteen-54.
So Zora Neale Hurston wrote. Nineteen-54.
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