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Bud, Not Buddy Race Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"…Son, there just aren't too many places a young Negro boy should be traveling by himself, especially not clear across Michigan, there're folks in this state that make your average Ku Kluxer look like John Brown. You know who John Brown is?" (12.124)

Although it should not be this way, Lefty's advice is actually good. You do have to be careful out there, and being black and all alone makes it even more important, especially during the 1930s. (By the way, John Brown is the bomb. Ku Klux Klan, obviously, is not.)