But in conversations with passengers in his cab, he finds many in this overwhelmingly Democratic city agree with his ideas, sometimes to their own surprise. I tell people I don t want to be dependent on anyone else but myself. If someone is giving me something then they can take it away. Then I ll have nothing. I want a piece of the pie.
Blacks have to learn to play the game.
He likes to engage his passengers in political conversations. That s why he keeps a big Republican placard on the visor of his cab. In just a few minutes of conversation, he ll challenge a passenger s stereotypes. White passengers are shocked at how well he knows their affluent neighborhoods. Well, not every white child can go there either.