Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

Author:Tom Robbins [Robbins, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Action & Adventure, Intelligence officers, Adventure and adventurers, Satire, General, Literary, Visionary & Metaphysical, Adventure fiction, Fiction
ISBN: 9780553379334
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2001-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

“The company’s changed since your divorce,” said Switters.

“I hear they let black men be agents now,” said Washington.

“Black women, too. Only we call them ‘African-Americans’ these days.”

“Ja, ja, that’s right. I can’t keep up with all our name changes, man. Back in Harlem, we was ‘Negroes’ or ‘colored people.’ Then it got to be ‘blacks’ and ‘people of color.’ But ‘Negro’ means ‘black,’ meant ‘black’ all along unless I’m mistaken; and maybe I’m thick, living among the Swedes all this time—I mean, America’s a bouncy country whereas the Swedes ain’t got that much bounce to ’em, you know—but I fail to detect where they be a hell of a lot of difference between the terms ‘colored people’ and ‘people of color.’ Or between ‘Afro-American’ and ‘African-American,’ far as that goes.”

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