And I posted an Amos and Andy from Youtube at a forum and got called racist for doing such. Okay, can someone explain to me why? It was done knowing this would happen, but what is racist or whatever with this show? Is the Anyd Griffith Show the cracker equivalent? Well, yeah, but.... I adored that show (Amos and Andy) when I was a kid and it was shown without malice, I surely hope. Kingfish was a god to me. His ability to stir shit was magnificent, and he was constantly up to something. I am addled by the knee-jerk reaction this received.
If they only knew of my past with rights and suffering on the sides as situations like being refused a rental in Boston (racist? whew!) when all was ready to be signed and my black roommate showed up. Same thing again with a purchase of goods at Haymarket, having some fool announce a lower price than what was jut paid by my roommate and I for same product - chickens. Fucker. But whaddya do? It was a constant that one whom is white can easily walk away from and never actually engage.
I get it. I think I get it. But I am from northern Euro stock, so, just how much can I "get it"? The Irish got it long ago and they hold the same nastiness that was thrown at them.
Maybe an invasion from distant hungry planets would galvanize the differences and bring a unified humanity to the front.
Oh yeah. Honey, we'll wake you when it's over.
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