There Are Two Things That Have Always

My Brother And I Had A Really Privileged Relationship With My Parents... They Treated Us Like Adults.

You Notice Patterns. White Guests Often Are Mortified - That Word Again - When They Learn Their Ancestors Owned Slaves. But I've Never Had A Black Guest Who Was Upset To Learn About White Ancestry That Probably Involved Forced Sexual Relations.

Remember, I Have A Ph.d. In English Literature.

Everything My Mother And Father Did Was Designed To Put Me Where I Am.

There Are Two Things That Have Always Haunted Me: The Brutality Of The European Traders And The Stories I've Heard About Africans Selling Other Africans Into Slavery.