"Deddy! Is we n*******?"
"No honey bun we ain't no n******! Why you ass dat?"
"!Cause Miz Jernigan said I wuz a yalla half raised no mannous a** n******! Dat I didn't have no raising a toll...dat I wudden eben civilized. Said I wuz old enuf to know bedder dan to be standing on hur front porch beating on white folk-ez fine mo-hog-o-ney front doze. Dat I needed my red headed yalla a** beat fuh sturbing her from her nap. She say dee next time I brings my willful a** up on her front porch she gon' take a switch to me hurself! ....Deddy!? What is a n****** anyway?"
"Dawthur it is sumptin' you nevah wont-a-be. It is a low class thang. Evil and sneaky as the day is long. N***** dont hab no conscious chile. Dey imps fa the devil and will do anything. You can't hep no n***** chile. Dey too common, too lying, too stupid. GAWD don't enben sef wont'em. He tried to save them. Sunt Gee-zus heah fo'um. Dey don't want no part in living right, in heeding the voice of the LAWD. ... no chile dey lost and don't want to be found ... pray fa'um dawthur. Pray fa' protection from dem."
"Is all colored folks n****** daddy?"
"No! N*****ism ain't got nuttin' to do wid color chile. It is spiritual. Ni I wont you to know...you be careful out heah! Don't you nevah let no sorry n***** bring you down. You keep yo'sef up. Hold yo'sef up! I don't ker whut dis world tell you. You somebody and GAWD love you. He gon fix it and when all deze Miz Jerinigans die off we gon' have a bedder world. Jesus will fix it. You jest wait and see."
"Deddy! You duh best deddy in the whole wide wurld! Thank you fah teaching me right."
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