Black Lawyer:
[Coalhouse tries to sue for his car being damaged]
Well, what's your financial situation like?
Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
[sighs]
I have a little laid by. I planned to use it on my wedding, but I guess it'll have to wait.
Black Lawyer:
Hmm. Mr. Walker, let me give you some advice. You spend the money on your wedding. Build yourself a home and a family where you can find some comfort. And just forget that some damn white man caused you offense.
Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
And that's your advice?
Black Lawyer:
That's my advice, and I pray you take it to heart.
Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
Just forget it? Is that it?
Black Lawyer:
I've spent my whole life forgetting. You're a young man. You better start learning now.
Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
Learning what? How to be a nigger?
Black Lawyer:
[after a pause]
Mr. Walker, I'll thank you to leave. I have some charity cases you know nothing of. I got clients with real problems - starvation, illness, dispossession. Yes, I want justice for our people. Yes, I do. I want it so bad, I can taste it. If you think I'll go to Westchester County pleading on the behalf of a colored man that somebody dirtied his fancy car, you are very much mistaken. Now, please, you take this and leave my office.
[Gives Coalhouse papers]

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