John Howard Griffin Quote

He told me how all of the white men in the region craved colored girls. He said he hired a lot of them both for housework and in his business. And I guarantee you, I’ve had it in every one of them before they ever got on the payroll. A pause. Silence above humming tires on the hot-top road. What do you think of that? Surely some refuse, I suggested cautiously. Not if they want to eat - or feed their kids, he snorted. If they don’t put out, they don’t get the job.

John Howard Griffin

He told me how all of the white men in the region craved colored girls. He said he hired a lot of them both for housework and in his business. And I guarantee you, I’ve had it in every one of them before they ever got on the payroll. A pause. Silence above humming tires on the hot-top road. What do you think of that? Surely some refuse, I suggested cautiously. Not if they want to eat - or feed their kids, he snorted. If they don’t put out, they don’t get the job.

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