Things were tight here in the early 90's, so I took a job in Syracuse, NY. One day one of my coworkers said, "Do you mind if I ask a question? You don't have to answer it."
OK.
"Are you in the KKK?"
WTF?!? No. Hell, no.
"But you know people in the KKK, right?"
Again, hell no. Look, there are 300 people in this company. The owners are liberal Jews that give money to the NAACP and the Democrats every year, and back in the 60s they were personal friends with the biggest names in radical leftists. This city is 30% Black. Do you know how many black people they employ full time? One. And do you know who hired her? That was me. She works for me. You think everyone south of the Mason-Dixon spends their weekends burning crosses, you object to me having a Texas flag in my office, and God help us if you ever see a Confederate battle flag. But the real prejudice is right here and you can't see it. In the South if somebody doesn't like you, they'll say so and you can deal with it. In the North, they smile and shake your hand and lie to you, but they feel good about themselves because they bought a t-shirt.
OK.
"Are you in the KKK?"
WTF?!? No. Hell, no.
"But you know people in the KKK, right?"
Again, hell no. Look, there are 300 people in this company. The owners are liberal Jews that give money to the NAACP and the Democrats every year, and back in the 60s they were personal friends with the biggest names in radical leftists. This city is 30% Black. Do you know how many black people they employ full time? One. And do you know who hired her? That was me. She works for me. You think everyone south of the Mason-Dixon spends their weekends burning crosses, you object to me having a Texas flag in my office, and God help us if you ever see a Confederate battle flag. But the real prejudice is right here and you can't see it. In the South if somebody doesn't like you, they'll say so and you can deal with it. In the North, they smile and shake your hand and lie to you, but they feel good about themselves because they bought a t-shirt.