John Oliver On Something Blacks Used To Do (Like Pot Sales) That Became Magically Legal For Our White Folk

I don't expect Oliver to know the black history behind "playing the numbers," but - when it comes to white Americans - the purity of their racial hypocrisy is so obvious it's almost-admirable,...

Shirley Jackson Understood (The American Character)

Shirley Jackson, author of "The Lottery"

“It isn’t fair. It isn’t fair, it isn’t right.” 

"Jackson,…'was always proud that the Union of South Africa banned "The Lottery", and she felt they understood the story'."

This unique story about America - or some of it. Fancy that. 

Now what could America and South Africa have in common?