From: Ruth I Gordon <druthgo>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:47:06 -0700

What an interesting discussion about color and lack thereof. So--here's a very old story and make of it what you will--or may:

An old woman asked a little boy to help her carry her shopping bag. He did so, with alacrity because he was well mannered and a nice boy, too. When they arrived at the front steps of her tenament, she gave the boy a quarter. (Now you KNOW this is an OLD story.)

"No, ma'am, thank you but I couldn't take it."

"Take it, please. And, what is you name, my boy?"

"Abbie Goldstein."

" You don't look Jewish."

"I'm not. I have enough tstoris being a schvartzer."
============== So--who is what? Does it matter?

And no, I am NOT really a bigot.

Big Grandma


"You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty." Jessica Mitford (191796)
Received on Thu 12 Jul 2001 08:47:06 PM CDT