she’d liked me all along.
The fear of rejection was holding him back.
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you had to do was denounce your people, denounce your history, and leave your darker-skinned friends and family behind.
It’s sad how easily people were to leave all there history to become classified as white.
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I was twelve years old, and I’d never done Valentine’s Day before.
It’s interesting to read about how something so norm in our lives is something that someone never experienced before.
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That’s where the government came up with things like the pencil test. If you were applying to be white, the pencil went into your hair.
It’s crazy to think that this was an official way to see if someone passed as white.
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There was no stepfather in the picture yet, no baby brother crying in the night. It was me and her, alone. There was this sense of the two of us embarking on a grand adventure
I think that Trevor felt his experience more with greater emotion because he was the only child rather if he had a sibling he’d have these emotion to connect, bond and share on
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She wanted me to be free to go anywhere, do anything, be anyone.
I think that his mother was trying to set him up for a life she wished she had, giving his name no sentimental value and his set free and not holding him back to any past
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My mother never sat me down and told me the whole story of her life in Transkei
His mother was keeping him away from the harsh reality of her childhood protects his imagination and thoughts.
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my mom was bringing home more money than anyone else,
His mom was a provider for the family.
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Once Mandela was elected we could finally live freely
The impact one person had on many peoples lives and having the ability and authority to change it positively.
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To leave the township for work in the city, or for any other reason, you had to carry a pass with your ID number; otherwise you could be arrested
To be arrested for such small actions seem a bit dramatic.
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By law, white-collar jobs and skilled-labor jobs were reserved for whites. Black people didn’t work in offices
It is interesting to read about how much times have change since then and grew since in a way that offers all jobs to everyone equally in today’s world.
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I grew up in a home with very little exposure to popular culture. Boyz II Men were not allowed in my mother’s house
His mother keeping him isolated from relevant pop culture events and things because of her beliefs and views on them seems overbearing.
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My childhood involved church, or some form of church, at least four nights a week. Tuesday night was the prayer meeting. Wednesday night was Bible study. Thursday night was Youth church. Friday and Saturday we had off.
It’s interesting to read about how often he went to church and his religious practices because of how much his family was involved with practicing their religion.
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She’d head straight out, and as we’d inch our way past the blockades, she’d give the rioters this look. Let me pass. I’m not involved in this shit.
His mother set a role model for his life showing him to be brave in situations that everyone else might be scared in, comparing his mother to the neighbors.
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