Noel, Cordelia's blood had *no* effect on Connor. The implication is in fact that Connor had seen Jasmine's true visage the entire time (being her dad and having the same blood connection to Jasmine as did Cordelia). In fact, it's really quite devastating to realize that Connor, perhaps the one person who is immune to…

But Buffy's love life was always front and center, Tasha.

I agree that Stowe implied (well stronger than implied, but less than stated) that "free blacks had no future in the US"— though it doesn't appear to be out of malice but rather out of a short-sightedness in vision (though could we have expected her to predict the Emancipation Proclaimation/Civil War??). Uncle Tom…

I'm challenging the popular wisdom that Uncle Tom is filled with condescending cariactures. The titular Uncle Tom is not deferential, he frequently voices his beliefs against owners, but rather nonviolent. For god's sake, read the book! He dies, beaten to death, for refusing to give away two escapees (in a rather…