Table of Contents
Author's Note 1
Introduction 3
Reading Rainbow 9
The Bubble 15
For the Culture 26
A Seat at the Lunch Table 34
An (African) American Tale 39
Notes From the Director 44
The Summer I Left Sewickley 49
'I' For Ignorant 54
Racist AF 58
Notes From the Director 60
The Misrepresentation of Melva Graham 63
Classmates and Roommates 69
Speechless 75
Notes From the Director 78
The Girl Who Didn't Get the Memo 82
The 'S' Word 87
Welcome to Vermont 107
Summer in Central Park 116
Harry and the Hamptons 122
Timothy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 141
Matchmaker 146
Single Black Female 154
Squad Goals 160
'The Help' Revisited 166
No Justice, No Peace 180
The Neighborhood Watch 185
Shit White People Say About Black People 190
The Women's March 200
I'm Going to Pretend You Didn't just Say That 205
Minorities Encouraged to Attend 214
Acknowledgments 219