Jeff Anderson Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeffrey Allan "Jeff" Anderson (born April 21, 1970) is an American film actor, film director, and screenwriter best known for starring as Randal Graves in Clerks and Clerks II. In between, he has appeared in other Kevin Smith-directed films and has written, directed, and starred in Now You Know. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Anderson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Clerks II - Dialogue 9
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Confrontation Over Racial Slurs in Clerks II
Randal: [[w:List of ethnic slurs|porch monkeys]
I don't mind people snickering at the stupid uniform I've got to wear. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some self-righteous, lucky turd come in here and treat me and Dante like we're a couple of fucking ].
Dante: [''To black female patron'']
Randal! Uh, I'm- I'm sorry.
Black female patron:
He... He didn't really just say what I think he said.
Randal:
What? Porch monkeys?
Dante:
Randal!
Becky:
What the fuck is wrong with you?!
Black female patron:
I want my money back right now.
Becky:
Of course. Um, you know what? Here, take this on us.
Black female patron:
Oh, no, no, no. I'm not eating something that was cooked by some cracker-ass hate-monger.
Black female patron's husband:
I will. Baby, you can't taste racism.
Randal:
What racism? Porch monkeys?!
Black female patron:
You little mother...
Black female patron's husband:
Calm down, champ. It ain't worth it.
Black female patron:
You're lucky my husband doesn't jump across this counter and knock your teeth in.
Randal:
Why?
Black female patron's husband: [''Wife starts slapping him'']
Yeah, baby, why? I mean, ain't like he called us porch monkeys. Hey, hey! Baby, stop hitting on me! See, the judge told you about that. You got to stop putting your hands on people.
Becky:
Here, take this. This is your money. Please, take the food on us. We're sorry.
Black female patron:
Oh, uh-uh. I'm gonna write to the paper about this, and all y'all getting fired up in here. Jesus!
Black female patron's husband: [''Wife throws it on ground'']
I'm gonna take the food. Thank you very much. Damn! Fuck porch monkey...
Becky:
Thanks. Come again.
Black female patron's husband:
Don't leave me, baby!
Becky:
Are you out of your fucking mind?!
Randal:
What?! What's the big deal? Since when is it a crime to say porch monkey?
Becky: [[forever]
Oh, since, I don't know, ]?!
Randal:
Why?
Dante: [[black people]
Because porch monkey is a racial slur against ]!
Randal: [[w:Nigger|nigger]
No, it's not; ] is.
Dante: [''Horrified'']
Randal!
Elias:
Did Mr. Randal just call Mr. Dante a nigger?
Becky:
Shut up, Elias!
Randal:
I didn't just call Dante a nigger, I just said that nigger is a racial slur.
Dante:
So is porch monkey!
Randal:
Oh, it is not! Coon, spook, spade, moolie, jigaboo, nig-nog; those are racial slurs. Porch monkey is not.
Becky: [''points at Randal''; ''storms off'']
I'm going to pretend that this conversation didn't happen. Elias, go pick up that fucking mess. And you are this close to getting shit-canned! Shoot me now!
Dante:
What are you doing? Are you trying to get fired?
Randal:
Since when did porch monkey become a racial slur?
Dante:
When ignorant racists started using it 100 years ago!
Randal:
Oh, bullshit. My grandmother used to call me a porch monkey all the time when I was a kid because I'd sit on the porch and stare at my neighbors.
Dante: [[w:Affection|term of endearment]
Despite the fact that your grandmother used it as a ] for you, it's still a racial slur. It would be like your grandmother calling you a little kike.
Randal: [[Jewish; [w:Antisemitism|they'd put the sheenie curse on me]
Oh, it is not. Besides, my grandmother had nothing but the utmost respect for the ] community. She used to tell me to always be nice to the Jewish kids, or ].
Dante:
WHAT THE FUCK, MAN?!
Randal:
What?
Dante:
Sheenie is a racial slur, too!
Randal:
Oh, it is not!
Dante:
Yes, it is!
Randal:
Well, she never called any Jews sheenies, she just said "sheenie curse" a lot. It was cute.
Dante:
It wasn't cute, it was racist!
Randal: [''thinks for a moment''; ''Dante is flabbergasted'']
I disagree, man. She was just an old-timer. That's the way people talked back then. It didn't mean they were racists. But my grandmother did refer to a broken beer bottle once as a nigger knife. You know, come to think of it, my grandmother was kind of a racist.
Dante:
You think?!
Randal:
Well, I still don't think that porch monkey should be considered a racial term. I've always used it to describe lazy people, not lazy black people. I think if we really tried, we could take back porch monkey and save it.
Dante: [''Fed up'']
It can't be saved, Randal. The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race. And even if it could be saved, you couldn't save it because you're not black!
Randal:
Well, listen to you--telling me I can't do something because of the color of my skin. You're the racist, man!
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