No way, Miss, you’re not white!

076Joan Evans,
Lawrencevillve, GA.

And I am 100% white. But (far too many of) my students associate “white” with oppression and bigotry. When they tell me I’m not white, they are trying to tell me I’m not a racist. Telling me I’m not white is a compliment. Pretty damning, huh?

 

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