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  1. “I think you are incorrect and just repeating what you hear in media.”

    I don’t know whether I’m correct or not, but I can confirm that I am just repeating what I hear in the media.

  2. “BDSM – The wife of a friend of mine is a stand-up comic. Her regular show is entitled “That’s Funny, You Didn’t Sound Black on The Phone!” Actually she looks a lot like you.”

    I got a phone call, years ago, from a woman looking for (my real name). I said, yes, that’s me. She went on to say that she was looking for her nephew, so-and-so, who was staying with (my real name). I said, there wasn’t anyone by that name staying at my apt. Then she asked me if I was black. I said, “No, I’m white”. She said, “I thought so, you don’t sound black.”

    Similar story, some time not long after, cops called me to say that my car, which I had recently sold to a roommate, had been in an accident. Turned out the plate number didn’t match and it was a different car, and it was the same name, same woman in same nearby town!

    I always wanted to call her up and ask her out for coffee or a drink, but never did. : (

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