Race Quotes in Middlesex

How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

"And then,"—hand to heart—"then they make me go to work for those mavros. Black people! Oh my God!" (2.3.49)

Oh old people, with their silly views on race. Where do you think Desdemona's racism even comes from? It's not like she's ever interacted with a black person before.

Quote #5

"Everybody mixed. Turks, Greeks, same same." (2.3.145)

How much can you expand upon this? Have you traced your own lineage? You could be Turkish, Greek, Native American, and Vulcan for all you know.

Quote #6

"YACUB KEPT ALL ORIGINAL BLACK PEOPLE FROM REPRODUCING. IF A BLACK WOMAN GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD, THAT CHILD WAS KILLED. YACUB ONLY LET BROWN BABIES LIVE. HE ONLY LET BROWN-SKINNED PEOPLE MATE." (2.4.38)

The booming voice of W.D. Fard sounds pretty bonkers, but do you think he might have a point? What do you think humans will look like in a thousand years (if we haven't torched the planet by then or been wiped out by a rogue meteor) as a result of inter-racial coupling?