https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125943616 forgot en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:52:11 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 https://www.npr.org/tags/125943616/forgot I want MSNBC's Chris Matthews — and all other well meaning white people out there — to know: you should never tell an African-American person that sometimes he's so smart, so focused, so well-spoken, that sometimes, you forget he's black. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:37:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/tellmemore/2010/01/the_ultimate_compliment_someti.html https://www.npr.org/sections/tellmemore/2010/01/the_ultimate_compliment_someti.html I want MSNBC's Chris Matthews — and all other well meaning white people out there — to know: you should never tell an African-American person that sometimes he's so smart, so focused, so well-spoken, that sometimes, you forget he's black.

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