When you say…
(a bunch of words about race & my place)
4 min readJul 1, 2020
I was raised in the south the younger sister of a Black brother who was the first boy to ever touch me so when you say, “racial history in America is complicated,” I say “I know.”
I was raised in the split state of Kentucky where half the brothers of my historic town’s stately plantation mansion fought for the North and the other brothers laid…