Captain Kingsblood, it isnt only the humiliation of
segregationthat riles us. You educated fellows are too touchy, Doc.
Very few things could make Neil Kingsblood lie
awake. But where I really learned tounderstand the darkies was in the South, on
their home heath.
He mustnt, in his urge toward Africa, forget that
he had Indianbravery in him as well.
To the surprise ofeverybody, including himself, he
hailed Dr.
John Woolcape said gently, Mary and I dont run into
muchdiscrimination. Did you really run into much discrimination? All this meditation
was prelude to his Friday evening among thecolored intellectuals.
Yes, Belfreda is bad medicine, abad example for our
young people.
Marble-floored hospitals for you andslaughterhouses
for us.
I wouldnt in the least mind, say at aConvention,
sitting down with Negro intellectuals.
John went on, You wont need to tell em youre
colored.
All this meditation was prelude to his Friday
evening among thecolored intellectuals.
He came into his house unknowing what and where and
how NeilKingsblood was going to be.
I dont believe most of themknow there IS any
discrimination.
School buses for your darling chicks, but ours
canhoof it five miles.
You white iagos have built up arevolutionary army
of thirteen million Othellos, male and female. In collegeshe had been earnest about
the drama, and her Nora was named inmemory of A Dolls House.
I think you may say Iman out-and-out
Liberal.
His accent was a mixture of Mississippi, Harlem and
the twangyMiddlewest.
But Neil did not know that there was any Best
Colored Society forMartha Davis to dislike.
Everybody excusing themselves that way fordrinking
and whoring, even here in the Five Points. I dont believe most of themknow there IS
any discrimination. While the affable assassin gobbled cold roast beef, Mrs. He
mustnt, in his urge toward Africa, forget that he had Indianbravery in him as
well.
Your loving son Ryan, who is damn near always right
on racialissues too.
It was a pleasant summer-evening walk among the
maples and fresh-watered lawns of Sylvan Park. Would you feel that it was wise
tohave a Negro for dinner, if he was a qualified preacher?