From an email we got, it's quite possible she is making up the Jewish grandmother. Both grandparents on the father's side are black, the mother is referred to as a minister's daughter... So in what world would a black minister in South Carolina marry a Jew?
But then, why would she make up a Jewish grandmother?
To advance herself in the music industry? Generally an admission against interest is deemed more credible than a self-serving statement, at least in the law. In an anti-Semitic world acknowledging Jewish heritage is almost never self-serving and can be courageous, at times suicidal.
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ReplyDeleteFrom an email we got, it's quite possible she is making up the Jewish grandmother. Both grandparents on the father's side are black, the mother is referred to as a minister's daughter... So in what world would a black minister in South Carolina marry a Jew?
ReplyDeleteBut then, why would she make up a Jewish grandmother?
To advance herself in the music industry?
ReplyDeleteGenerally an admission against interest is deemed more credible than a self-serving statement, at least in the law. In an anti-Semitic world acknowledging Jewish heritage is almost never self-serving and can be courageous, at times suicidal.