Mom, John and I were on the streetcar going somewhere. There was an elderly Negro(as they were called back then) man sitting across from us. I looked at him and realized an advantage to having dark skin. I said to him, "I wish I had dark skin like you, then I wouldn't have to take a bath." The kindly old man replied, "My mom made me take baths too." I am sure my mother was mortified.
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This just cracks me up! I love the amiable comment from the man. That's the way the world *should* work.
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