from the up coming broadway play
Avenue Q:
(we know some of the cast and highly recommend seeing it if it comes to your neck of the woods!!!)
So here's part of the Avenue Q lesson plan, as performed by lead puppets Kate Monster and Princeton. Princeton asks Kate if she's related to their neighbor Trekkie Monster -- after all, they both have the same last name. But Kate takes offense: It's so racist to think that all monsters are related! It's just like saying all monsters look alike!
You're a little bit racist.
Well, you're a little bit too.
I guess we're both a little bit racist.
Admitting it is not an easy thing to do.
But I guess it's true.
Between me and you, I think...
Everyone's a little bit racist, sometimes
Doesn't mean we go around committing hate crimes.
Look around, and you will find
No one's really color-blind
Maybe it's a fact we all should fa-ace.
Everyone makes judgements...
Based on race.
You're a little bit racist... All right!
Bigotry has never been exclusively white.
If we all could just admit
That we are racist (a little bit)
Even though we all know that it's wro-ong
Maybe it would help us
Get along!
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