Showing posts with label race. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Why won't racism go away?


 
“Who’s Billy’s little colored friend?”
I turned expectantly to my mother, to whom the question was addressed. I couldn’t wait to find out which of my friends was colored. Had Paul fallen into a vat of purple paint? Had Steve suddenly broken out in green spots?