Passing

November 2009, The Vindicator, Cleveland State University's student magazine, published my creative nonfiction story, “Passing.” My alarm clock malfunctioning horrified me because I would be late for school. What would the principal say? But a bigger shock awaited me.

Here are two excerpts:

At desks arranged in blocks of four, the children had been squirming and shispering. When I walked into the room with Spence at my back, however, their bodies stiffened. Were they angry with me for arriving late?

. . .

Jerome, the shortest and darkest skinned child, stood. Every muscle in his stout, strong body tensed as he pursed his lips and asked, "Why did you marry that white honky?"

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