Baywalk Not for Blacks
This title is quite disturbing, yet when I went out with my family this past Friday that is what was being bellowed by at least twenty protestors. Blacks and whites were carrying signs and pacing back and forth in front of the popular nightspot called Baywalk in St. Petersburg, FL. I was quite surprised, since I had not heard of these issues until that evening. When I entered the restroom with my five-year-old daughter, Ilexus, she innocently asked me, “Mommy, what are blacks?” I was shocked and did not know how to respond. I was upset that I had to answer a racial issue with my little girl that daily interacts with her friends, most of which are black children. She even has a close cousin whom is mixed with white and black heritage. To make matters worse, she asked me right in front of two black girls.
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Petersburg FL, David Fischer, St Petersburg, Baywalk Blacks, st petersburg,
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