We eat cold eel and think distant thoughts….

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Good ol’ PBS, good ol’ Ken Burns… This was an answer Jack Johnson gave to a reporter, or someone when asked what he thought it was that attracted white women to black men…

“We eat cold eel and think distant thoughts….”

I am beginning to obsess over this quote as, it really is a perfect reply to the question. Plus, it’s just a really cool thing to say. Obviously, there will be some ramifications if I choose to dwell on this for too long. I’m hoping these ramifications will, in the end, be positive for all of us.

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