Spike Lee has reminded us of his longtime, and all too predictable, belief that Cleopatra was black on the occasion of Liz Taylor's funeral. This instantly brought to mind Zora Neale Hurston's pithy retort to similar claims by W.E.B. DuBois:"I resent his putting that Greek slut, Cleopatra, into the same race as me."

Aeon J. Skoble - 3/26/2011

Also: http://www.reasonpapers.com/pdf/21/rp_21_10.pdf