| Vince Hart 2005-08-25, 8:32 pm |
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parrthenon@cs.com wrote:
quote:
> SIDNEY POITIER IS OKAY
>
> And, yes, I do think that the race problem ultimately comes
> down to economics and class.
>
> The classic question asked by parents when hearing that their
> daughter might be marrying a Negro is, "Okay darling, what are we
> talking about here? Is he a nigger with a ghetto-blaster or a colored
> gentlemen with a doctor's bag?"
>
> That question pretty much sums up the common sense of the matter in
> the vast majority of instances.
You got to love Larry's idea of "common sense." Personally, I doubt
that any parent who framed the question that way would ever be able to
sufficiently overcome their fear of the former to accept the latter.
Vince Hart
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