No, he'd say,
Posted on: May 15, 2024 at 11:56:28 CT
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"when I was a young boy in Scranton, my dad told me one time "Joey I think you should take your friends Frederick Douglas, Nelson Mandela and corn pop down to the Mexican border. They are having troubles with cannibals there and I think you're the only guy who can solve that problem."
"So we did that and sure enough right after we crossed the border from michigan into Uzbekistan, we were set upon by a fierce group of cannibals. They caught us, tied us up, and Frederick, Nelson and corn pop were all killed and eaten. But because of my white privilege I was spared. For some reason I felt guilty about that my whole life. Not a joke, not a joke. Pause.
"Well the lesson I learned there I was able to use in my next sermon as rabbi in the synagogue down the street from our home in Dearborn. I remember at the end of that story, the whole congregation started chanting... from the river to the sea, something something, I've gotta pee." Not a joke.
"Things sure were different then."
Edited by hokie at 12:04:14 on 05/15/24