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Dog Eaters
December 13, 1955
Dear Parker,
You will thank me for this someday. Believe me, I was not born yesterday and I know about these things.
I have recommended that your father NOT give you any letter of consent to marry that woman over there. I know you’ll be upset, but that will pass. You have a bright future waiting for you
here at home in Philly. It would not be fair to your family if you were to bring home a Filipino wife. Did you know that those people, Flips they are called here, they eat DOG!
We just could not tolerate the repercussions should you pursue this further. This family has a good name and we intend to keep it that way. We have never mixed our good pioneer blood with that
of foreigners. We don’t have any n***o, Mexican, Italian or Jew friends. It cost us g
