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Linda, When was it that your father visited Durazno and was asked if some people in California had black skins? You said 1836, but did you mean 1936 or 1986? That reminds me of what I once witnessed somewhere in Mexico or Jalisco or Zacatecas a long time ago, around the 1960's, I guess (the last time I was in Mexico was 1968). An African-American tourist and his family (wife, two kids) were walking down a street, he with a camera slung around his neck, wearing shorts and sneakers, all gawking at everything. Unbeknownst to him, he and his family were being gawked at too. A small girl near me, a mestiza or Indian looking child, said to another child, "MI-ra los NeGRItos!" (in a sing-song type of voice that I guess denotes pity or the like). I couldn't believe that a small child would refer to a huge grown man in the diminutive 'negrito", but they also do that when referring to Asians - "chinitos" -- whether they are Chinese or Japanese. They truly don't know their own history. Emilie Garcia Port Orchard, WA ----
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