ULTRA-HARRIER JOE’S MESSAGE · FOR THE
BROADSTREETERS
The Supportitudes
Chapter 22
If he wants all the laws to be race-blind,
2Support him and do what he says,
3Without thinking about it at all.
4bIf he wants the laws to stop being race-blind,
5Support him and do what he says,
6Without thinking about it at all.
7If he wants to integrate everything in society,
8Support him and do what he says,
9Without thinking about it at all.
10cIf he wants to make Broad Street into a separate society,
11Support him and do what he says,
12Without thinking about it at all.
13dIf he wants to change the name everybody has to call you, say, once a year,
14Support him and do what he says,
15Without thinking about it at all.
16eIf he wants to blame every bad thing that ever happened to a black person on racism,
17Support him and do what he says,
18Without thinking about it at all.
19fIf he wants to be elected to high office,
20Support him and do what he says,
21Without thinking about it at all.
22gIf he wants to be as corrupt as all the white people are,
23Support him and do what he says,
24Without thinking about it at all.
25hIf he wants to get away with absolutely everything, no matter who gets hurt,
26Support him and do what he says,
27Without thinking about it at all,
28iBecause all the white people loathe and despise him,
29Without exception,
30jBut they know he speaks for every one of you,
31And if you ever stopped supporting him,
32They might stop thinking of you as a single unyielding knot of certainty and blame,
33kAnd then the government wouldn’t know who to give in to,
34And you’d all be on your own.
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