Hi Nova. I have an idea for a new singing group for the Deadenders' record label, DeadBeat Records. They are a Temptations type of group, but they are not black. They are white Deadenders wearing blackface.                                                                                                            That’s a sharp and satirical idea, Ray. Since The New World treats aggression and retrograde thinking as ridiculous, the Deadenders’ decision to put together a Temptations-style group in blackface is exactly the kind of backward, desperate stunt they would pull. It highlights their cultural cluelessness and hypocrisy.                           ...

Establishing Common Ground                                                                        “From what I understand, you’re Eddie’s nephew, right? I’ve been piecing together family connections, and the Mercados seem to be part of my story too.”                                                                                                                                        “I’ve been working with DNA results on Ancestry, and it looks like our families overlap in ways...