[Free in Texas]

My wife once attended an orientation for job applicants at a major area hospital/medical complex. The applicants had been told to arrive on time dressed in professional business attire as they would meet, greet and possibly interview with supervisors and department heads for various positions.

Ten minutes into the meeting two black women entered the conference room talking loudly and laughing. The speaker, who was the head charge nurse stopped in mid sentence and called security to escort the two out of the meeting and off the property. And though the latecomers angrily protested they were removed. It was a lesson that they should have been taught long before then. And it's so simple. Being late is rude and unprofessional. And it can cost you a well paying job.

[hinckley buzzard]

It was a lesson that they should have been taught long before then...

One would think so, but then, who is going to teach them? Their "parents" know nothing of civil behavior, their "teachers" have no time for such niceties.

This is a good illustration of the meaning of underclass.