Group D: The Nig in Me

A little off of what Vishnu touched on was the aspect that the virus ended up being the demise of the white man's majority... The last line of the story is "The world had started over". I was interested as to where this illusion came from. It is possible that Mosley could be referring to the theory that the Caucasian race actually were the decedents of colored people from the loss of melanin in the skin. The laymen term for this theory is  "Out of Africa". Could it be that he is referencing this evolutionary theory? What do you all think?  
From Luke's suggestion i think that it is possible that Mosley could be noting our society's constant battle between evolution/science versus tradition. Evolution points to the white race being decedents of an originally totally black human race. This would make them the more "established" people group. However due to oppression, tradition has taught us that the white man is "higher" than the black man. What we fail to really understand is that we are all truly decedents of the blacks thus making us all equal. Is evolution more or less important than tradition has shaped us over time?
Something to note to Tommy's post is that the story was published in 2001. I think it is important to note that this short story was not written during the civil rights movement (as i had initially assumed). The collection of short stories by Mosley were all complied into a book called Futureland. I think it is important to note that the racism and discrimination found in this novel is a note on the current plight of the African Americans in our own generation. Mosley is noting that even though most people do not consider this decade apart of the civil rights movement, we probably need to do just that. We need to push harder for equality or it could be the downfall of everyone in this nation.