"They are much, much better than they have ever been in my lifetime. As a personal opinion, I think we talk about race too much. I think those problems are largely behind us. I think we can all profit by our mistakes. I think we have reached a new plateau. And, I think it is going to keep going upward.- the understanding and race relations.
"I think…I just think …we talk so much about it we create somewhat of an illusion …uh…uh…I think we should try to have good will. My old Mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that."
And then came the bombshell. His tone of voice changed and he said firmly,
"There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time …it you want to use that word. We all…we all just need to work together to make our country a better country.
"I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much."
I told my daughter about this n-word flap. She's in middle school, and she looked at me funny. I said I was sorry I mentioned it. she said it didn't shock her, I asked where she ever heard that word in today's enlightened age.
She said the blacks and hispanics use the term all the time, directed at whites in her school. She said she had been called the n-word over 5 times already this year.
Of course, if anybody of the white kids use it back, they will be expelled.