Sometimes we are at our funniest when we are not trying to be funny and this paradox reminds me of an incident in my early childhood. From my youngest years I was interested in words and I often had a dictionary nearby to help me with my reading and I listened carefully to the adult conversations around me, but of course I would sometimes mishear what had been said.
I think the 1964 General Election may have been the trigger for the Hodgson family race discussion. Peter Griffiths (Conservative) stood against Patrick Gordon Walker (Labour) in Smethwick, and against the trend won on an openly racist campaign in which one of the slogans was "If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour." I don't think we've made all that much progress when yesterday a Conservative Education Secretary can't tell the difference between two very different Black men.
I think the 1964 General Election may have been the trigger for the Hodgson family race discussion. Peter Griffiths (Conservative) stood against Patrick Gordon Walker (Labour) in Smethwick, and against the trend won on an openly racist campaign in which one of the slogans was "If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour." I don't think we've made all that much progress when yesterday a Conservative Education Secretary can't tell the difference between two very different Black men.