These are the Joads, the Joads are poor
They had a farm, they don't no more
Challenge #1: Can you find the word that has been capitalized for no apparent reason?
Thoughts: That's an amazingly concise assessment of the first few chapters of The Grapes of Wrath. So if you haven't read this book yet, now you can skip a few dozen pages if you ever do. Trust me, you'll thank me later. At one point in my life, I was slated to read this book on Def Poetry Jam and I reworked much of the story for the occasion. The opening lines were changed to the following:
These is the Joads
The Joads be po'
They had phat farms
They don't no mo'
A week before I was scheduled to appear, Russell Simmons found out that I wasn't black. He subsequently called me and told me to go fuck myself and/or my mother. It was a dark day. Now you know the truth. So if anyone ever tells you that reverse racism is a crock of shit, punch that asshole in the throat.