White people don't want to talk about it

[ohheckyeah]

155. I don't and

never had trouble talking about race. One of the first things I learned about racism was when my father sat his children down (I was five) and explained to us that the only difference between us and black people was our skin color and how the races were treated. We were forbidden to ever use the n word. We were told that the black woman hired to help my mother, pregnant with her fifth child, was not our slave or servant or a chariy case - she was an employee and a friend.

My parents and grandparents never demonstratd racism and that was pretty amazing for the time and place - the place being the south. We had black kids playing with us as far back as I can remember and we certainly discussed racism with them.

I could go on and on but it's hard to type with one hand.