I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc.

Huh. That sounds really interesting.

Did things, say, not turn out quite as good as they hoped?

It does sound familiar. I can ping my mom -- between the bookstore and her being a US history/Civil Rights era geek, she may be able to come up with a name.

tommyrot, it wasn't what they had expected. But it wasn't all bad, either.

That make sense - I'd tend to think racism would be much less of a problem in Soviet Russia.

When about did this take place?

I think it was the 80s.

Or 70s. No earlier than that.

So years ago, I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc. Can any of you help me find the book again?

Blair Underwood on Dirty Sexy Money! Except (and I haven't seen this week's episode), apparently the Evil Darlings drove them out of the country or something.

I wondered why you said I should watch Criminal Minds. Hmmph. I'm that predictable, huh?

Was that a typical ep? First off, HDTV and migraines may not be a good mix. But I'm assuming the visuals were slanted because of the subject matter. What about the roles played by the team? They were barely in the story. Is that normal.

I read this bio about an african american kid who had been raised in the Soviet Union. His parents had immigrated there because they thought that life would be better, less racist etc.

I swear I just heard something about that guy in the last month.

That was not at all normal, ita.