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“Well, people tend not to think clearly when a black girl is suspected of killing a little white girl,” Ms. Cora says.

“Well, people tend not to think clearly when a black girl is suspected of killing a little white girl,” Ms. Cora says.

Most of my life, no one has bothered to explain anything to me. It’s been one “’cause I said so” scenario after another. I stopped asking questions and in six years I have not run into one adult who would do me the common courtesy of explaining why something is happening to me.

“What does it mean when you love and hate someone at the same time?” I ask.
He laughs. “It means they family.”