In the conversation with Ellen J. Goldner and Safiya Henderson-Holmes, they talk about Henderson-Holmes ' poem, Friendly Town, going #1. The poem talks about a little girl leaving the inner city to go to camp. On the bus there is a mixture of kids in all colors. In the discussion Holmes talks about being the "' little colored girl ' playing in the park wit all the with kids." she also talks about being alone with a majority of whites.
I relate to Holmes situation. In elementary school in was surrounded by a mixture of colors. This was also the truth in my neighborhood. I didn't see color, my two best friends were white, one at home and one in school. From grades K through
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