“A Sheep in the Deep” with Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Coyote

The classic Warner Brothers cartoon about a sheepdog and a coyote, who are otherwise friends, clocking in and doing their respective “jobs” of hating each other and stopping each other from doing what they’re supposed to do … albeit being very mindful of the clock. Chris Rock once said this cartoon epitomized the concept of “racism” for many people in this country, meaning that a lot of it is people going through the motions of what they feel they’re supposed to be doing, rather than any legitimate hatred on their part. Which … may arguably be worse.

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