How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Driving Miss Daisy.
Quote #1
HOKE: Y'all people's Jewish, ain't you?
BOOLIE: Yeah, we are. Why?
HOKE: I'd rather work for Jews. I know folks say they stingy and cheap.
But don't say none of that around me! […] I worked for Judge Harold Stone, a Jewish gentleman. […] Judge Stone was my father's friend.
Hoke's familiar with the stereotypes about Jews, but he doesn't buy them. What this passage shows is that having personal relationships with people is what gets you past stereotypes about them. Judge Stone apparently treated Hoke well. The fact that he was friends with his father shows that the judge himself wasn't prejudiced either. Hoke says that with pride.