Another seminal moment was during his freshman winter. One of his roommates became a leader in the black student alliance, which resulted in frequent, large gatherings of African-American men in his dorm room. At one of these gatherings, Dean said, "I suddenly realized I was the only white person in the room, and literally the hair went up in the back of my neck. 'Cause I thought, what if it was always like this? What if everywhere in your world you were the only white person and everyone else was black? For one instant I had some tiny inkling what it was like to be black in America."

Hilarious attempt at pandering to the Globe's furthest left coumunist (quite a feat) Derrick Jackson who happens to have enhanced melanin levels.

Obviously elitist Dean has never traveled to a carribean country back country where the above experience can be quite common. Somehow the hair on the back of my neck never stood up. This speaks volumes about white boy Dean's subconscious feelings towards the bro.