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Quote #10
Pop was prehistoric in that way; he knew all these awful racist jokes, and he told them too, without even noticing that nobody else was laughing […] The very best you could say about Pop was that he was in severe bad taste. (34.2)
In the end, Pop's racist attitudes are probably not the result of malice; they're probably a mix of growing up in a time when people from Asian nations were erroneously perceived as "less" because of military situations and other social factors. The awesome part, though, is that he overcomes it. We're pretty sure you cheered a little when Pop meets Lonnie and Clara at the train station and kisses her on the cheek.