General Discussion

I am a very pale person, but my skin is not white. I was a public school speech therapist, long ago, in a very small town in Illinois. Some Black children suddenly moved into town, and one of them needed speech therapy. One day, his session ended and he left the room, as some other children entered for a new session. One of them sneered at him behind his back and the others giggled. So I put a piece of white paper on the pale brown table, and I asked, "What color is the table, kids?" "Brown!" "What color is the paper?" "White!" "Everybody, put a hand on the paper." We all put a hand on the paper, and I asked pointedly, "What color are your hands?" They all looked shocked. I said, "See, our hands are the same color as the table. We are NOT white." After a moment of silence, one of the boys quivered, "My Mommy is white." I just raised my eyebrows at him silently. Then I said, "Come on, let's play today's speech game." People who call themselves white are living in a ridiculous delusion.