The only thing I would add is I never thought any of the characters were black, from the defensively machismo barrio street thugs who accost him to his straw hat wearing, Puerto Rican style shoe wearing Spanish Harlem dealer.
StarvingSound: That doesn't automatically mean they're black. They aren't the only ones who used the term "white boy." Knowing NY at the time and the demographics of the neighborhood he's talking about, he was most likely referring to Puerto Ricans. Fully look at the context before making assumptions like that.
StarvingSound: That doesn't automatically mean they're black. They aren't the only ones who used the term "white boy." Knowing NY at the time and the demographics of the neighborhood he's talking about, he was most likely referring to Puerto Ricans. Fully look at the context before making assumptions like that.
The only thing I would add is I never thought any of the characters were black, from the defensively machismo barrio street thugs who accost him to his straw hat wearing, Puerto Rican style shoe wearing Spanish Harlem dealer.
Of course they are. Why would they say "white boy"?
Of course they are. Why would they say "white boy"?
StarvingSound: That doesn't automatically mean they're black. They aren't the only ones who used the term "white boy." Knowing NY at the time and the demographics of the neighborhood he's talking about, he was most likely referring to Puerto Ricans. Fully look at the context before making assumptions like that.
StarvingSound: That doesn't automatically mean they're black. They aren't the only ones who used the term "white boy." Knowing NY at the time and the demographics of the neighborhood he's talking about, he was most likely referring to Puerto Ricans. Fully look at the context before making assumptions like that.