Non-Civil Crap

The Magic of Matt Shulien (which is pronounced "Shoeline") by Philip Reed Willmarth is a spectacular book with tons of great material. You should definitely consider purchasing it (and reading it!), as it contains great restaurant and bar magic as well as deep insights from Matt about how he views magic, which is valuable and enlightening reading for any magician. There is, however, this rather ridiculous little paragraph, an excerpt from Frank Everhart's Sponge Rabbit routine on page 154:

After enough of a pause to permit the spectators to see what has happened, Frank picks up the bunies to put them back into his pocket. At this point, he seems to notice for the first time a black baby rabbit among the red ones. He stares at it for a moment then grunts "civil rights!" and puts it away with the rest to another laugh. [All patter is in italics in the book.]

We should keep in mind that this book was first published in 1959, so the concept of political correctness didn't really even exist. It still serves as an important reminder of how we have progressed as a society and how we as magicians have progressed with it.