By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune

February 01, 2010, 8:25PM

A new dialogue has emerged in New Orleans race relations, and it goes something like this:

White guy: “Who dat!”

Black guy he’s never met: “Who dat? We dat!”

White guy: “Yeah you right.”

Both smile, give each other a fist-bump and a hug, then move on.

That was an actual encounter in the French Quarter, hours after the New Orleans Saints earned their first NFC championship and the first Super Bowl berth in the team’s tortuous 43-year history. It could also prove to be emblematic of a turning point in the infinitely more tortured story of race in the Crescent City.

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