Jim shrugged. "Cynthia's a Nigra, already got some problems. But lookie here, any momma of a Nigra is going to tell her little girl, some white man grab you - then girl you got two choices. You hit back right then - or you gonna have nine pounds coffee with cream in jus' nine months - that's God's word."
Well this was too much, even from Jim. "You think this Cynthia, she scared she going to have a baby from this policeman?"
Jim shook his head like I don't know nothing. "It gets to be what they call in - grained." He pointed to his head. "Sometimes you got to fear everything, cause when you don't you jus' don't know what to fear."
"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man." -- Heidegger
4.05.2006
Huck and Jim discuss Rep. McKinney
Some character named Wilbur on DailyKOS has put up a fairly funny diary called "Omigod, the Nigra Woman's outta Control!" in which Huck and Jim watch the "sat-a-lights dish" on their raft and try and figure out what's happening with this "nigra woman" who hit a policeman. I guess I've seen better Huck impersonations, but never one so timely. A snippet:
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