Through The Racial Looking Glass

Through the Racial Looking GlassDuring a British Concert last fall, Dizzy Gillespie dedicated a number to "mother Africa." Looking at the audience with a characteristically mocking smile, he added: "We're going to take over the world, so you'd better get used to it."The listeners chuckled, secure in their own freedom from prejudice and convinced that the grinning Dizzy was simply clowning as usual. A few nights later, a group of British jazzmen held a private party in honor o...