My jaw is on the floor. This is so great! We’ve just finished this in school, and what a great way to once again feel the power of the Civil Rights and of racism. I especially love the last line.

Racism is still all too prevalent in this country.

Wow. This challenge has so many different stories to come of it.
This is painful Elsha.

It’s the kind of seed that I am NOT planting in my own kids.

Epic and moving. This story is so simple but revealing. Ya know what? This is awesome, that’s what.

Thanks you Cheshire Dog!

That was just pure tragedy. Very sad, but nicely done. I got lost for a second when it switched to present tense, but it worked once my brain caught up.

Wow! Shows the racism that went on, back then, and even now! Jaw dropping. The second sentence of the first paragraph took me a few times to get, but it was all good nonetheless. Great job.

thank you THX and Mr. Gabriel! I know, the tense change, but there are two times, a flashback and the present, sorry, there are limited characters.

This was an incredible story. Sometimes these type of tales are hard to reach a balance, that sounds natural yet nostalgic, you hit it here.

Awesome, Elsha! I am reminded of seeing a white boy flinch away when a black girl walked past him in a crowded cafeteria. That was my one of my first introductions to racism in the south. How many parents unwittingly pass on these prejudices to their kids and regret it later. Sad that we even have this type of thing still going on.

Thank you so much, guys!

Wow, this story is really amazing Elsha. I really enjoyed it, and espechally enjoy the remorse in the line at the end.

I agree with the all these comments so far. It really shows how some parents can pass on their prejudices to their children.

A brilliant social commentary

This is one of the most impactful things I have ever read.

That last line is all that needs to be said. Great job!

Really moving and I think you chose a perspective that is seldom taken.