The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the gum color line

Columbus Ledger, July 30, 1910. Garden variety racism just isn’t good enough for a certain class of deep thinker.

- Thomas Westgard
- Posted December 30, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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Amazing how they manage to tie in Indians and Asians, but still leave blacks at the bottom.
- mrparallel
- Posted December 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm
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Yeah, and Muslims too! The guy really clipped all his coupons at once here.
I was wondering what the policy implications of this doctrine would be in Jim Crow land. Three separate drinking fountains, one for whites, one for “colored” and one for blue gums?
- quincy
- Posted December 30, 2009 at 5:48 pm
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Where do dad-gummed negroes fit in ? Pretty low-down?
- - mrparallel
  - Posted December 30, 2009 at 7:11 pm
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  Good question. They’re rumored to be the best dad-burned dancers, I think, but that could just be a racist myth.

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