So you think I am a Mule

So you think I am a Mule? "Where do you come from?" 'I'm from Glasgow.' "Glasgow-?"'Uh huh.Glasgow.'The white face hesitates, the eyebrows raise, the mouth opens then snaps shut incredulous yet too polite to say, outright, liar she tries another manoeuvre "And your parents?" Groan.Not again.It's such a bore.'Glasgow and Fife.' "Oh?" 'Yes.Oh.' Snookered, she wonders where she should go fromhere-"Ah, but you're not pure."'Pure?Pure what?Pure white?Ugh.What a plight.Pure?Sure I'm pure, I'm rare .. .' "Well, that's not exactly what I mean, I mean ... you're a mulatto, just look at ... " 'Listen.My original father was Nigerian to help you with your confusion.But hold on, right there.If you Dare mutter mulatto, hover around hybrid, hobble on half-caste, and intellectualize on the 'mixed race problem', I have to tell you

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  Open Access•Amber Lascelles, Nydia A Swaby•Feminist Review•2023

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