JG: Who is the greatest Jew ever, Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ?]]>
TC: Bob Dylan. He's one of the biggest reasons my Dad went into the Panthers. Which ultimately led him to meeting my mom. Which subsequently led to the birth of The One. Us black people have Jews to thank for everything -- even our very existence.
JG: Finally, the words we've been waiting to hear. On behalf of the Jewish people, let me just say, you're welcome. The inevitable follow-up: How, exactly, did Bob Dylan bring your father to the Panthers?
TC: Oh, man, you gotta buy, and possibly read (more concerned about the former than the latter) my book to get that story. You think I do this thing for free, Jeffrey?
TC: Black Jesus or blond, blue-eyed Jesus? Black Jesus is a tool to get us to believe in the white man's religion. Blond blue-eyed Jesus is, well, blond blue-eyed Jesus. I think I could worship a Cablinasian Jesus.
Yo, Bud - Check out the Black Madonna of Monserrat sometime.
(ps: the locals tried to convince me that the wood had turned black due to aging.)
]]>TC: "The Battle of Evermore." Come on, I played Dungeons & Dragons.
That exchange totally makes up for considering Barry Sanders only the 4th or 5th best running back in NFL history.
]]>Yes, I mind. That would disgrace my family.
]]>As for whether His one human parent, St. Mary, was white or black I have no particular opinion.
Also, didn't Bob Dylan didn't he convert to Christianity at some point?
]]>Now its gone. Poof. It may not have been terribly funny (though I thought it was), but it wasn't slanderous or crude. What's up? Would you prefer that we don't mock other Atlantic bloggers in Ta-Nehisi-Space?
]]>They are deleting without notice also on Ambinder - a dupe post got culled.
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