Miriam Thompson's attitude seems relatively benign. Raised in a racist society, she has bigoted manners but a good soul. It's when her husband, Norman (Dwight Schultz), and his drawling, segregationist brother (Dylan Baker, whose unctuous grin is unsettlingly close to Jimmy Carter's) are on-screen that racism comes leering out of its closet. When Norman learns that Miriam has joined the volunteer car pool for black workers, he's both terrified and outraged. If his associates find out, he could be drummed out of the business community.