Youtube of the day
by digby
Via Ta-Nehisi Coates:
Coates writes:
I always point out that slavery wasn't that long ago, but it's really hard to illustrate the point. Louis CK's joke that the period between now and slavery is two old ladies back to back helps. It also helps to know that John Tyler, born in 1790 and president in 1840, still has grandsons alive today.
I suspect that to kids today that show seems as long ago as the civil war. But I watched it as a kid. In fact, I was probably about the same age watching that show as that fellow was when he saw the assassination.
(And yeah, it was pretty much assumed that everyone smoked and they gave away cigarettes as prizes.)
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