Johnnie told me about black people..

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..I said, choose your pick. Highway 20 or 16, Macon to Savannah or Atlanta to Augusta; that's all there was. He told me of the two black men who used to skin the pine trees for turpentine. I said, choose your pick. Macon to Savannah or Atlanta to Augusta, that's all there was: pine trees.

He said how he used to work in the warehouse for his father's restaurant for $18; the black man who worked in that warehouse for $30. I thought, I did not say, restaurants did not have their own warehouses anymore, just small walk in freezers. When they ran out, they ordered new produce from Sysco.

Johnnie told me about black people.. | Ecency