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My Brush with Greatness
In 1978 I was a college
student and had the great pleasure to meet Ashley Montagu at a conference
in Seattle.
Dr. Montagu was a noted anthropologist
and author of The Natural Superiority of Women, among many other
books.
I brought my dog-eared paperback copy of the book with me and got up
the courage to approach him after his speech.
He was extremely gracious and offered to autograph my book. When
I told him his book had inspired me to major in
his field, he responded -- in his beautifully cultured English accent
-- “Oh? and just WHERE do
you…anthro-pologize?”
Definitely a brush with greatness!
Your fan,
Sam T in Seattle
Sam, thanks for that.
I didn't know who that was, so
I looked him up.
Wikipedia says:
Ashley
Montagu (1905-1999) was a British-American anthropologist and humanist who
popularized topics such as race and gender and their relation to
politics and development.
Damn.