My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.
We don't have a full black community in Boston. Our people are scattered. There's a middle class where I live in Highland Park but it's not like a piece of Washington or Chicago.
I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.