Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was constantly on the lookout for the Black Pitfalls. What would make me appear blacker. I only ate chicken with a knife and fork, and never in front of white people. I didnât want to be seen as a potential threat.
#2 I had to excel just to be seen as existing, and this was a lesson passed down from generation to generation. I was always chasing, always worrying about being exposed as the dumb black kid.
#3 I was the only person to get in trouble for this conversation, and it came from Tarsha. I was not mad at her, but I was aware that I had done the wrong thing. I was afraid to take the risk of being black by standing next to her.
#4 I was also very popular, and I used my popularity to get other people to do things for me. I would read the Tri-Valley Herald and the Valley Times, and I would read the Oakland Tribune in first period.