7.  We black ban (or blacklist) things  A black period in Australia’s history  Giving someone black looks  Accuse a person of having a black heart  Black market  White weddings  White linen  White knight  Pure as the driven snow  White witch

11.  And while this could be seen to buy into a whole series of negative stereotypes, we have to remember the age in which these terms were used each was seen as a positive.  Black also became a term around which many disparate cultures around the world could organise and find commonality, inspiration and support.  Aboriginal people  Maori  African-American  Carribean

17.  As well as books of essays, including Playing in the Dark.  Song of Solomon won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977  Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Has been turned into a film  Won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature  http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_8Zgu2hrs2k http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_8Zgu2hrs2k