Skeptics, many of them older blacks who have lived through previous name changes, are resisting the move.

The old blacks, your friends, were fond of seeing it.

In 1965, 63 percent of blacks 65 or older lived below the poverty line.

In such an environment, blacks entering the workplace often depend on older blacks to show them the way.

In contrast, only 19 percent of blacks 65 and older supported vouchers.

Mr. Perot had an especially poor showing among blacks and voters at least 60 years old.

Because fewer than 1 percent of blacks older than 65 reported being without insurance, he said, the figure for younger blacks had to be higher.

What else were old blacks for, except to be repositories of racial lore?

However, blacks older than 50 oppose vouchers by 48 percent to 44 percent.

Another factor might win Randy a few votes: older blacks sometimes preferred "the Boss" to be a white man.