Were never so outraged as when a cabbie drives past us or the woman in the elevator clutches her purse, not so much because were bothered by the fact that such indignities are what less fortunate coloreds have to put up with every single day of their livesalthough thats what we tell ourselvesbut because were wearing a Brooks Brothers suit and speak impeccable English and yet have somehow been mistaken for an ordinary nigger.

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama