Question: In the KKK scene, Homer Stokes says "The color guard is colored." Did he mean this literally, like Everett was a black man, or did he mean that he was white (unlikely because John Goodman is white and so is he), or is he mistaking Everett for a black man because of his dirty face?
J I Cohen
18th Apr 2004
Answer: He mistook Everett for a black man because of his dirty face. It's the only way the line makes sense.
J I Cohen