A Mixed Race

When it comes to the writings of Frank Tannenbaum there have been many unavoidable controversies surrounding his ideas. He seems to show that even though he continues to be a racist he can somehow still accept black people mixing with white people. In his writing he even seems fascinated by whites and blacks having children together. In the end of his writing, he gets very descriptive by describing the mixes by calling them human beauty. When he saw these mixes in Brazil, Tannenbaum seemed to accept it with this theory that as long as the mulatto children acted white and followed white customs they should be accepted by society. He continues to say that this should be “a point of pride” for Brazil. In other words, Tannenbaum thinks this mix will improve the problem concerning slaves.

                        Frank Tannenbaum continues to write about the mixing of whites and black for about 3 or 4 pages. One can tell he seems very passionate with this idea. He starts to describe how many British young men even started to take black women as mistresses instead of marrying. When black women had this choice, it was a downfall either way whether working in the fields and possibly getting raped or live in a house with a white man just satisfy his every sexual desire and serve him in anything else. This shows how black women really endured suffering even mentally and how white men would take advantage of them. Frank Tannenbaum just continues to confuse his reader on where he stands and his peculiar way of comprehending different races.