September 10, 2013

Black White Culture, US, UK and France

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/sep/23/features.weekend

A double-edged infatuation
In the 20s, Bohemian Paris fell in love with black artists, jazz musicians, boxers and writers. It was a point of pride among the avant-garde. Today, there is a renewed passion for black culture, argues Petrine Archer-Straw - but it is just as ambivalent as was that first wave of 'negrophilia'
Petrine Archer-Straw
The Guardian,
Friday 22 September 2000

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