“There was already a black man sitting there playing bongo drums. I hate bongo drums. I started to tell him to stop playing those goddamn bongo drums but then I said to myself no, that’s not right. You’ve got to let him play his goddamn bongo drums if he feels like it. It’s part of the misery of democracy to which I subscribe.”

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Donald Barthelme, “I Bought A Little City”