[expatpat]

This coming from a guy who probably never saw a black person until he was in his 20s.

Oh, come now, sir -- let's be fair. I expect that they had a black maid in the mansion, and perhaps a black janitor.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" This coming from a guy who probably never saw a black person until he was in his 20s."

"Oh, come now, sir -- let's be fair. I expect that they had a black maid in the mansion, and perhaps a black janitor."

According to the NYT piece on the " we're just like everyone else Dean family-except we have baby nurses, prep schools, Park Ave and East Hampton homes,servants and memberships in exclusive country clubs" -Howard Brush Dean III's only exposure to actual black people may have been the backstairs maids.

From the article:
"While his parents were active in the exclusive Maidstone Club, an East Hampton institution that for decades refused to admit blacks or Jews, the Dean boys shunned that life. "I had plenty of friends at Maidstone, and they were people I liked," Dr. Dean said