Word: ofay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...play them." says Impresario George Wein. White Pianist Paul Winter, 22, who has three Negroes in his sextet, agrees: "We're right in the middle of a Crow Jim period. Out in Chicago they told us, 'Don't go to New York-you're ofay.' "* Echoes Drummer Cal Tjader: "I don't think I'd very much like to be a white boy just starting out in New York...
...trips to two Southern cities are balanced and perceptive. He also makes it plain that whites who try to get into the castle of the black man's skin are tolerated at best. Says Baldwin of his friend Norman Mailer: "They thought he was a real sweet ofay* cat but a little frantic...