Black Douglas

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    When a Jamaican is born of a black woman and some English or Scotsman, the black mother is literally and figuratively kept out of sight as far as possible, but no one is allowed to forget that white father, however questionable the circumstances of birth.
    Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)