standing in line at a city bureau, I said hello to a little African American child in line with an African American adult male who I assumed to be the child’s father. The child just looked back at me.
The father said, “He has to deal with Caucasions at school.” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As if that explained anything.
Wow. I felt the hatred.
If I were he, I would have insisted my child reply respectfully to the adult who had just spoken to him/her. Instead, that “father” was reinforcing hatred for whites in the child’s mind.
that explanation doesn’t make any sense... you must have been dumbstruck — so would I!