1) Extremely insightful, perceptive.
2) Well-written, lively, even provocative style.
3) Your key point about the Jewish Hollywood producers being racist
is well-taken, but could you add what I think is the obvious corollary,
namely, that the state of Israel has treated its non-Jewish citizens
as they were treated by Nazis and other anti-Semites? I don't think
this would be too "controversial."
4) Hebrew phrase "Shalom...YIsrael": I think it might be
translated so people know what the fuck it means. Even I (of Jewish
descent) don't...
5) Might mention also that not only the Jews were racist vis-a-vis Blacks
in Hollywood, that it was part of a more generalized white racism. But
the obvious point is that one would think and hope that the Jews would
have more empathy, decency, and understanding...probably just indicates
the universal human tendency of all groups to use scapegoats whenever
possible...
6) You say in NYC gay marriage is "illegal"--better to
say it is "not legal" (yet).
7) You imply that it is absurd that the family has plants & pets...I
am not sure this is true. I think it is possible...
8) You question the fact that the child of 2 dark-skinned parents is
light-skinned, but I think it certainly is possible, and one often hears
about such cases, given that genes can come out at any time, with any
generation...
9) You say the name Mongo has implications of Mongo Santamaria's
mental capacity--I think this is perhaps subjective on your part,
a bit of a stretch, and is overly reflective of your subjective feelings;
the use of Mongo may simply be coincidental.
10) The title is creative, but I wonder whether it is too out there,
that because it uses the worst kind of racist paraphrases of Black speech
it may actually be taken as insensitive.
