When I was in retail management, there was a new black guy hired to be a manager also.

He was awesome. Well-spoken. Intelligent. Hard working. Punctual. Gentle personality. I got the impression that he was a great dad, too, by the stories he'd tell me about his son.

Knowing him made me a bit ashamed to quote the racial joke lines from Blazing Saddles that a friend and I used to toss at each other for giggles.