I get letters.
Today fresh off the Kwaku Network is a complaint that alleges this picture is in fact not Photoshopped and exists in a Barnes & Noble in Coral Gables, Florida. So I says to myself, self, why is this bookstore not burning to the ground?
The first reason is that black Americans are reasonable, they know Barnes & Noble isn't racist, they can take a joke and this is no big deal.
The second reason is that this is a prank, either by some employee or by the person who photoshopped the picture that was clearly the work of a single minded racist. It's not worth burning down. I also note that the original email was dated back in February of this year.
The third reason is the title.
As Cobb readers know, I believe in noblesse oblige as well as torches & pitchforks. So who's a real protester outraged at American racism and who is a poseur? Lest ye forget, I'm married to a woman from Detroit.
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