Saturday in Newark, NJ

On Saturday I was driving to work in Newark, NJ at about 12:30pm. The sidewalks were filled with people, as they usually are on pleasant weekend afternoons. While stopped at a traffic light I saw a group of elderly men gathered on a corner. In fact, there was a short line of down-and-out black men queued up in front of a 80 year old white man who had pulled over his dented 1970s American station wagon. The white man chatted happily with each of the black men in turn, then ostentatiously gave him two bills (I couldn't see whether they were singles or fives), at which point there was some shared laughter, and then the next man would take his place in line. Then my light changed, and I had to continue on to work.