As reported from one of my classmates:
[The following conversation takes place between a 60 year old White cab-driver and a graduate student from Italy]
Cab driver: So who are you voting for?
Grad student: Oh, actually I’m Italian… I cannot vote.
CD: Oh. Well who do you like?
GS: I am not too keen on any of them, but I suppose I would vote for Obama if I could.
[Conversation continues, with cabbie excitedly talking about Obama, and how significant of a moment it would be for him to become the first Black president.]
GS: Ok, here is fine. [pays CD].
CD: Nice talking with you!
[Elderly well-to-do Black couple approaches cab. Cab driver shakes them off, and speeds away].
… I guess we’re not “post-racism” just yet.
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