“He had learned a language and a protocol dictated by fear and necessary for survival. Like many older black people, he suffered from a chronic reflex racism. Having heard tell of – or witnessed, or experienced – so many horrible things done at the hands of white folks, he feared most and trusted few of them.”

“He had learned a language and a protocol dictated by fear and necessary for survival. Like many older black people, he suffered from a chronic reflex racism. Having heard tell of – or witnessed, or experienced – so many horrible things done at the hands of white folks, he feared most and trusted few of them.”

— Charles M. Blow