It started around the time she began to gravitate to Mingus as well, so it was a also a misguided homage to black tradition, as well as a grandiose sort of identification with it. I'm sure black people everywhere were just thrilled, if they paid her any mind at all.

Joni is a genius and a legend. She is also more than a little nuts and a lot narcissistic, so the stuff about identifying with black men is your basic crazy talk.

Get help.

Tes, when you're losing an argument, start swearing and insulting the other party: that will advance your point.

So, you're dissing ALT because of his age? Quite mature you are. While you can afford being petulant and privileged, ALT has had to endure a lot more in his lifetime than you have: dealing with both racism and homophobia, from the time he was a kid till now. And, as was noted above, the racism persists in the fashion…

I was using the Bible to prove that, historically, the idea of a "homosexual poerson" is quite new; most cultures in the West focused on the act rather than using same-sex attraction to define the person. If this point was not clear, I apologise.

Eh, his sexuality is HIS own. Who am I to say how he should feel or to whom he should be attracted. Shit, rock your muumuus, be as queeny, or butch, or femme, or fierce, or whatever. Love who you want; fuck who you want. Choices, everyone, it's pretty great!