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"I am an African American," says Duana Fullwiley, "but in parts of Africa, I am white." To do fieldwork as a medical anthropologist in Senegal, she says, "I take a plane to France, a seven- to eight-hour ride. My race changes as I cross the Atlantic. There, I say, 'Je suis noire,' and they say, 'Oh, okay-mtisse-you are mixed.' Then I fly another six to seven hours to Senegal, and I am white. In the space of a day, I can change from African American, to mtisse, to tubaab [Wolof for "white/European"]. This is not a joke, or something to laugh at, or to take lightly. It is the kind of social recognition that even two-year-olds who can barely speak understand. 'Tubaab,' they say when they greet me." -Duana Fullwiley "Race in a Genetic World," Harvard Magazine, Volume 110, Number5 (May-June, 2008): http://harvardmagazine.com/2008/05/race-in-a-genetic-world.html. |
My Favorite Articles and Papers |
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