But entirely necessary for the piece...in my estimation as a writer. And language only a black man could use - that's what makes it so effective. (I imagine he will be inundated with hate mail addressed to another "Uncle Tom.")
It's language that breaks the PC barrier, to be sure...but PC is simply a smoke screen instituted to keep conservatives from calling a duck a duck.
'bout time we stopped kowtowing to the PC mantra,
Let's hear it now: quack quack quack...
It is kind of like reading an Owen Parry novel, will shock you, but is an authentic view of language, prejudices and morals of the time.