Being Chased by White Kids
The rules for boys were explicit and unwavering. Even more so for Black and Brown boys.
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8 min readJun 3, 2021
Up the block from where I stood, I saw a trio of them, looking at me, talking quietly back and forth. I was maybe six or seven, and alone in my hometown of McDonald. I was playing on the other side of the block behind my house…