outside the U.S., "Creole" does not necessarily denote "person of color"; it's frequently used to refer to people of European descent born in the West Indies. Rhys' biographies all identify her as White and specifically discuss the impact that growing up as a White person in a predominantly Black community had on her early life experiences and her later writing.
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Date: 2011-02-13 01:48 pm (UTC)