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1. Deron Bauman on May 19th, 2010 at 11:53 am

   gulp.

2. bunq on May 19th, 2010 at 12:34 pm

   only good can come of this.

3. Daryl Scroggins on May 19th, 2010 at 1:24 pm

   I definitely think product endorsements are in order.

4. Sheila Ryan on May 19th, 2010 at 2:02 pm

   Whoosh. This reminds me in an oblique way of an incident from the childhood of a young woman I’ve known for years. When she was a baby, one or both of her parents dumped her on the doorstep of a Pakistan hospital; she was adopted by a ‘mixed’ US couple who pulled strings with the Pakistani authorities.

   When the girl was eight or nine, she entered a (US) school poster competition: Martin Luther King’s Birthday. Her entry came in second or third, and in a fit of pique, she ripped one off at the first-prize winner. Told him she thought her poster was better.

   Then the winner of the Martin Luther King’s Birthday poster contest called her a nigger.

5. Cindy Scroggins on May 19th, 2010 at 7:42 pm

   Sheila, this is the best story ever.

6. Cece on May 20th, 2010 at 10:36 am

   How does she tell that story today, Shelia? I am picturing her, though, as a kid, hearing that. Imagine the confusion. Even now, it makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

7. Sheila Ryan on May 20th, 2010 at 10:46 am

   Well, I remember when she was the age of the MLK poster incident. her mother told me that she had developed a fear/fantasy of seeing a figure she called “Hitler’s ghost” loitering around their yard. It wasn’t Adolf Hitler, strictly — more of a specter who embodied his spirit. The little girl said she was afraid that “Hitler’s ghost” would persuade “white people” to “kill all of the brown people” like her.

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