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To: pookie18

Wow, good one... But younger Freepers may not recognize it. Here's the famous Norman Rockwell painting, showing the early days of school desegregation, which the cartoon is referencing. It's from the days when black students enrolling in all-white schools for the first time often had to be escorted for their own safety (note the thrown tomato):

The title of Rockwell's painting was "The Problem We Live With".

13 posted on 01/31/2005 5:34:23 AM PST by Ichneumon
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To: Ichneumon
Great find/comment!!! I'm old enough, but still didn't realize it!


17 posted on 01/31/2005 5:42:57 AM PST by pookie18 (Clinton Happens!)
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