The Corner

The Red and the Black

From IJ Review, the greatest Tom Wolfe-bait I’ve seen in a long time:

Every year, photos of Halloween revelers donning blackface trickle out to the daylight of the internet. But they rarely feature people like Terry Rambler, chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona.

This year, Rambler dressed as Jamaican musician Bob Marley, complete with dreadlocks wig, rasta beanie and what appears to be blackface. But the costume is an odd choice for Rambler, who joined other tribe leaders, in signing a pledge opposed to the name of the Washington Redskins.

Here’s Rambler in costume:

And here he is last December:

This morning, Rambler posted an apology to his Facebook wall:

Good morning. I woke up this morning at 4:00 am in Washington, DC to catch my 7:00 am flight back to Arizona. I…

Posted by Terry Rambler on Thursday, November 5, 2015

Senator Reid, any thoughts?

Ian Tuttle is a doctoral candidate at the Catholic University of America. He is completing a dissertation on T. S. Eliot.
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