Booing Bubba at Bristol, and Other Small Bits of Blowback
There was a time not long ago when booing the only black driver on the stock car circuit was unthinkable. To do so was Obviously Racist, You Guys, and even the reddest of necks in the stands recognized the poor form inherent in such boorishness.
Except now they don’t care anymore.
Bristol was one of lots of current examples in which ordinary people are beginning to, figuratively, of course (for now) following the observation of the great H.L. Mencken that “every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats
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