Whetu Calls: A House Nigger

ME: I knew it had to happen. HE: Heys. ME: Hey. HE: I heres to offer my services. ME: As? HE: As wots? ME: As what? What services? HE: As a house nigger. ME: You are a house nigger? HE: I’se a member of the Maori Party. Hone says we alls is house niggers. ME: What does a house nigger do? HE: He do’s all the jobs all the jobs around the house. He’s sub…sube…sub-servant. ME: Subservient. HE: That too. ME: A house nigger? HE: Yus. ME: Someone who do’s—does--all the jobs around the house and does what he’s told? HE: Yus. ME: Don’t need one. I am a married man. HE: Youse got a house nigger? ME: I am a house nigger.