Canary Sing Concert Photos

The mulatto in America functions as a canary in a coal mine. Canaries were used by coal miners to gauge how poisonous the air underground was. They would bring a canary in with them, and if it grew sick and died they knew the air was bad and eventually everyone would be poisoned by the fumes. Likewise, mulattos have historically been the gauge of how poisonous American race relations were. The fate of the mulatto in history and literature will manifest the symptoms that will eventually infect the rest of the nation.

Bumbershoot 2008 on Aug 30, 2008 [407-small]

Bumbershoot 2008
Aug 30, 2008
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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