if you don t, what s wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although you re crying on the inside. i m not going to tip that nigger. you don t look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. that s what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a star. not within the white community. but even the stokely carmichael mainly first chanted black power here, that was less important to the black community here than what booker said on the nbc news. yeah. the private dining rooms at lusco s are still here. the menu, much the same. steaks, fish, the famous broiled shrimp, the lusco special salad with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a
with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a healthy dose of anchovy. onion rings. salad makes me happy. yeah, me, too. mostly the anchovies make me happy. yeah, yeah, love those. catfish for mr. edge, the famous pompano for me. it s the kind of the mark of being a great restaurant in the delta if you have pompano. that s a big damn fish. no way i m finishing this. sitting here, the booths, the curtains, the whole ring bell for service thing, it seems lost in time. we ve got a long and ugly history. but one of the things you love about this place is you can t deny the burden of the past. like, it s on your shoulders, right there. america chooses to deny its problems, you know, in many ways. and then declares itself a post-racial society. that just doesn t fly in mississippi. you can t claim that. that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one,
with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a healthy dose of anchovy. onion rings. salad makes me happy. yeah, me, too. mostly the anchovies make me happy. yeah, yeah, love those. catfish for mr. edge, the famous pompano for me. it s the kind of the mark of being a great restaurant in the delta if you have pompano. that s a big damn fish. no way i m finishing this. sitting here, the booths, the curtains, the whole ring bell for service thing, it seems lost in time. we ve got a long and ugly history. but one of the things you love about this place is you can t deny the burden of the past. like, it s on your shoulders, right there. america chooses to deny its problems, you know, in many ways. and then declares itself a post-racial society. that just doesn t fly in mississippi. you can t claim that. imagine if everything you learned
if you don t, what s wrong with you? the meaner the man be, the more you smile, although you re crying on the inside. i m not going to tip that nigger. you don t look for no tips. yes, sir, thank you. what did you say? thank you, sir. that s what you have to go through here. but remember, you have to keep that smile. telling the truth was still risky business in 1966 mississippi, and booker wright was not rewarded for his candor. it was not a good experience for him. it did not make him a star. not within the white community. but even the stokely carmichael mainly first chanted black power here, that was less important to the black community here than what booker said on the nbc news. yeah. the private dining rooms at lusco s are still here. the menu, much the same. steaks, fish, the famous broiled shrimp, the lusco special salad with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a
shrimp, the lusco special salad with the house italian vinaigrette dressing and a healthy dose of anchovy. onion rings. salad makes me happy. me, too. mostly the anchovies make me happy. yeah, yeah, love those. catfish for mr. edge, the famous pompano for me. it s the kind of the mark of being a great restaurant in the delta if you have pompano. that s a big damn fish. no way i m finishing this. sitting here, the booths, the curtains, the whole ring bell for service thing, it seems lost in time. we ve got a long and ugly history. but one of the things you love about this place is you can t deny the burden of the past. it gets on your shoulder. it s right there. america chooses to deny its problems, you know, in many ways. it declares itself a post-racial society. that just doesn t fly in mississippi. you can t claim that.