No way

I came home from work the other night and Linda met me when I came in as she always does. After our normal greetings; she gets all excited ..not that kind of excited. She tells me that while going through some of her things she has come across something pretty rare. Now, I'm hoping its money or some beer that we didn't know we had. This was not the case. She has found a book, but not just any book! A perfect copy of Little Black Sambo. There is not a scratch nor tear or even a finger print on this book. I was like- damn, I haven't seen one of those since I was ( don't know) 8 - 10 years old. Then I got to thinking. This was a kids book that we all read when we was growing up and didn't think a whole lot about it. However, there is no way this book could be published today. The title alone would send the nation into a tail spin of racism. I'm sure Ophra would do a show on it.
I don't know; I think we are a little sensitive about some of this stuff. Little Ebony African American just doesn't sound right. This is a picture of the actual book and it's still some good reading.

This post was fixed up by Linda White.