And just WHO is it that drives those cabs, Michelle? I lived in Chicago for years, took plenty of taxis, and it was a very rare Caucasian cab driver. Most were American black men, or African immigrants or Middle Easterners and some East or South Asians. Many volunteered, without asking by me, that they would not even go to the heart of the South Side because they were scared to death to pick any fare up there. If that’s racism, I guess its self-hatred because they were often the same race as the people they declined to take as passengers.
*And just WHO is it that drives those cabs, Michelle? I lived in Chicago for years, took plenty of taxis, and it was a very rare Caucasian cab driver. Most were American black men, or African immigrants or Middle Easterners and some East or South Asians. Many volunteered, without asking by me, that they would not even go to the heart of the South Side because they were scared to death to pick any fare up there. If that’s racism, I guess its self-hatred because they were often the same race as the people they declined to take as passengers.*
Someone needs to ask Morgan Freeman to reprise his role as a member of the Electric Company and teach Michelle the difference between racism and self-preservation.
Morgan can be one of the silhouettes and she can be the other one. He can tell her what her notions of racism boil down to Electric Company style.
Silhouette #1: non
Silhouette #2:sense
Near the very end, the players tell how our country would end up if we did everything Michelle would like us to. The very last word tells what part of her needs the most improvement.
Years ago in NYC the media tried to invent a taxi scandal based on race; it quickly died out when it became clear that black cabbies were the ones avoiding them (because they were being killed by them).