Being Black and hearing republicans laughing it up at watermelon jokes at my expense

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12. I'm with you.

I was living in Gainesville Florida when schools were finally desegregated. I was in 5th or 6th grade. Most/many of the white adults were anywhere on the spectrum from hostile/angry/concerned/nervous but not so much the kids. I don’t recall hearing my parents say anything about it, but they too were likely at best nervous. I was bussed to a historically black school which had been repurposed to be a desegregated school for 5th and 6th graders. I don’t recall a single issue there. Not one. Kids learned and played with kids.

I’m with you.