The Sherman Park Arts Festival couldn’t have found a more fitting performer to represent its theme — “Diverse Roots, Common Ground” — than the gifted bass-baritone Jason McKinney, who, by way of introduction last week, confused an auditorium of mostly black students by saying:
“I claim African-American heritage. But I also claim Native American heritage. And I also claim Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.”
Forty-five minutes later, having completed a short performance and having taken a dozen or so questions from the audience (Where were you born? Milwaukee. Can you rap? No. How tall are you? Six-foot-five.), Jason folded himself into a seat near the front the auditorium, where he was approached by a soft-spoken girl.
What’s your race, she wanted to know.
“I’m human,” Jason said. His voice was deep, warm and melodious.
“But what are you really?” she wanted to know.
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