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Stephen-Have you ever listened to Robert Johnson? It was recorded around the same time and it still feels fresh and relevant.
Kurt Vonnegut had this to say:
During the Great Depression, African-American citizens were heard to say this, along with a lot of other stuff, of course: "Things are so bad white folks got to raise their own kids."
It made me laugh. Kurt Vonnegut knew how to tell a joke. And had I listened to anything else last night, I'm sure he would have had something funny to say about it, too.