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It's Not About The Butter (1)

While dining at a restaurant with Rene, Mary Elizabeth (M.E.) mistakenly assumes a black woman walking by is a waitress. The incident ignites a heated debate between Rene and M.E. about modern day racism and leads M.E. to examine the topic in a freelance article for the magazine she was recently fired from. As part of her investigation, M.E. interviews her Uncle Jimmy, who is in the Ku Klux Klan, and learns that racism still exists in its harshest forms. After the article is published, M.E. finds a cross burning in her front yard. Meanwhile, Rene searches for a new office assistant and is upset that Bill, who is away at a seminar, has not called her. Past: Rene's father, James, prosecutes a legal case against the city for preventing black men from taking the exam to become police officers. Rene pleads with her father to drop the case after M.E.'s Uncle Jimmy threatens that something bad will happen to their family if he does not.

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  • Originally Aired October 24, 1999
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Production Code 209
  • Created September 9, 2015 by
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  • Modified January 20, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Nancy Miller Writer
Matt Farnsworth Guest Star
Michele Kelly Guest Star
Eileen Grubba Guest Star
Artie Mandelberg Director