- What have I done now? He doesn't sound black? Well, he doesn't. N-Not to me. Does he to you?
- Denny, you truly are not aware what a racist statement that is?
- Oh, please. Bush and Biden said the same thing about Obama.
- Not like that they didn't.
- Did too. They said articulate. And Biden said his hygiene looked good.
- Denny, there's no such thing as sounding black.
- What do you mean?
- Certainly you don't think all black people sound alike?
- Well, of course not. The anchors on the news don't sound black at all. And the black weathermen sound whiter than me.
- It's politically incorrect to say somebody sounds black.
- All right, then African-American.
- No.
- JesseJacksonish?
- No!
- Well, then how? What-What do you say? If a person sounds black, what's the right way to say it?
- Urban.
- White people don't live in cities?
- Look, there's no such thing as sounding black.
- Denny, the point is...
- while there may be certain dialects that are consistent with African-American... vernacular-
- You just cannot judge a man's skin color by the sound of his voice.
- Is this a joke?
- No, it is not. You have committed an egregious offense here.
- All right, let me- let me- let me get this straight. Say you get kidnapped and I get a ransom call from a man who, to me, sounds black. And the cop says, "What did he sound like?" I should just say, "Male. " Or "I don't know. But not necessarily black. "