Knew a black man that did 'handy' work around a town I lived in. Drove an old beat up pickup with an advertising sign on the side. He had a good business, doing just about any kind of work.... Yard work, small job carpentry, plumbing, hauling, etc.
Now this fellow lived a couple towns over and his wife drove a late model Lincoln and he had a fine pickup. I just happened to be doing a job in the town where he lived and saw him at a store, in his good truck. A few days later, I ran into him in the town where he worked, and he was in the old truck. I asked why he was driving the old truck, instead of the newer one. He replied, "If I was to show up for work in the new one, the white people wont hire me".
