They Call Their Bigotry Respect

Prejudice doesn’t wear an ugly mask, it wears your neighbor’s smile

Antoinette Cavitt
Nov 6 · 10 min read

was looking for a way out. Under harsh florescent lights I tried to focus on the faces before me. The world had taken on fuzzy quality like it did when I was anxious where the edges blurred and I could only see pieces of the whole. The perfect tan of his skin. The floral pattern on her skirt…

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Thanks to Darren Stehle

Antoinette Cavitt

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SciFi writer and mother with chronic illness. Obsessive researcher. Holder of a degree in English Education. Always advocating. Always helping. Usually smiling.

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