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The Cincinnati Beacon
The Blackness or Whiteness of Steve Black
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
When we posted this story about Steve Black, Nate Livingston left some comments which have caused people to wonder at Steve Black’s ethnicity. Today, Livingston has at his blog looking at the issue further. This story is on the one hand absurd, but also strangely intriguing.
Anyway, Black was recently asked, directly, to state his ethnicity. “I think I can answer your question by telling you that I am the proud son of retired Judge Robert Black and the proud cousin of Judge Tim Black,” explained Black, “and that I share their ethnicity!”
At Livingston’s blog, he writes:
You, my faithful and intelligent readers, know that NO BLACKS HAVE EVER SERVED ON OUR COURT OF APPEALS, so Judge Black is most certainly white. But what about Steve’s mom, Helen Black?
If Judge Black is white, then Steve Black claims he is white. And if it turns out that Helen Black is not white, then does that mean Steve Black is denying her ethnicity? Or, can one person share several ethnic backgrounds?
What a tangled web we weave!
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