Dear Abby,
Labor Day weekend is coming up and I am going on a camping trip with some friends. There are a lot of really great people going and it should be a fun time. I do have one concern…it ‘s my friend (I’ll call him Don Sloth).
Don Sloth is a really nice guy and usually a lot of fun to be around, but lately I fear that he has become a racist. I really have no solid evidence to back this up…let’s just call it a hunch. I want to show him the light (no pun intended) before he goes too far astray. What should I do?
Signed
White Meat/Dark Meat…it all tastes the same, in Portland, OR
Dear White Meat/Dark Meat,
A camping trip is the ideal place to teach your friend the wrongs of racism. How lucky that you will be in the deep woods with no witnesses! My advice is to take a canoe and re-enact scenes from Deliverance. This will show him that racism hurts everyone…especially him. Make him squeal like a piggy! Throw in some improvisation and have fun with it!
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August 23, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I am very familiar with Mr. Sloth and I do agree that he is a racist.
I am sure I speak for everyone when I say that this advice could not be more timely.
Frankly it is a beam of hope in what is otherwise a sad, desparate situation.