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Last week, we included a description of author David Matthews in Glaring Omissions, in which a tipster reported that he is "mixed and looks like a cross between prince, adrien greunier(??) and maybe jeff goldblum from back in the day." But as sometimes happens, it appears that we were too quick to characterize Matthews as simply Glaring Omissions hot, as this publicity shot handily attests. Instead, we would like to upgrade him to New York Times Magazine Lives column hot. Yesterday Matthews' poignant tale of not knowing where to sit in the cafeteria tore at our heartstrings, particularly his characterization of his black schoolmates.
In some way I wasn't fully aware of, urban black people scared me. I didn't know how to play the dozens or do double Dutch. I didn't know the one about how your mama's so dumb she failed her pap test. I didn't know that with the wrong intonation, or the wrong addressee, any mention of one's mama could lead to a table-clearing brawl.We won't give away the end and tell you where Matthews chose to sit. But you might be able to guess.
Lives: Pick One [NYTM]
Earlier: Glaring Omissions: Jared Kushner, Media Mogul
