AS A CHILD I WAS SOMEWHAT aware of the differences between colored
life and white life but it was not so much based on race, I thought
is was just the way it was. I lived in the ghetto and white
children lived in the suburbs. I'd seen the way they lived when a
gang of us would take our shovels and ride the bus to the suburbs
to shovel snow for a quarter a yard. Beautiful houses and yards and
white kids who didn't have to shovel, just watched us from their
windows do the work. The differences were magnified when we saw
television and especially the commercials where white women dressed
in bright clothes just to mop the beautiful floors in their
beautiful homes, or stand at the door and wave goodbye to their men
going off to work in suits and ties and wide brimmed felt hats. I
thought the most beautiful houses in the world were those houses we
shoveled snow from the 200 feet driveways in Shaker Heights. The
houses, mansions, were huge white siding mansions with black
Shutters on the windows; maybe one hundred windows, or so it
seemed. The roofs were black asphalt shingles which set the house
off even more than the dozens of trees, mostly pine, around the
property. The lawns were so big you could play Hide the paddle, or
It and never be found just hiding behind those massive trees. The
grass, yes grass, in the yards looked like it had been carpeted
with each blade the same height. In the winter the grass would be
so white and pure looking you would think it was painted by Thomas
Kinkade.
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
November 2012 |
Authors: |
Carl A. Benson Sr
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
112 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4772-8751-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4772-8751-5 |
Barcode: |
9781477287514 |
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