Your black friend’s approval isn’t law.
Rashad Brown,
Detroit, MI.
Friend, we really are the same
Deirdre M. DeLoatch
New York City, NY
Brooklyn
Sometimes we focus on the differences that divide us, but we are more alike than we are different.
Called my friend nigger. Ashamed forever.
Bill Rowe
Bucks County, PA
It was 1971 and I was ashamed the moment I said it. Jeff was a friend and to impress the wrong person I said something terrible. What impresses me to this day is the way that he responded. He just said “you don’t mean that” and never said another word. If I read the situation correctly, Jeff forgave the unforgivable. I have never been able to forgive my behavior and I am ashamed to this day of what I did. I moved to another school the following year and we lost contact. I never apologized and wish that I could.
Jeff, wherever you are, I have two 6 word sentences for you. You are the epitome of grace. I’m sorry beyond power of words.
