How I Learned to Forgive - Part 8

Published: August 1, 2007, 3:07 am

My parents asked, “Do you know what’s going on, Billy?” “Nope,” I answered honestly. “They think you hurt JJ on purpose,” Mom said. “They think you hurt her because she is black.” I didn’t understand. Throughout the proceedings, I got sat in corners by teachers, pinched behind my neck by principals and yelled at by other parents and grandparents I didn’t even know. At one meeting with everyone and their brother present, one set of parents started yelling and pointing fingers at my parents. They held up a picture of M L King and started spouting off words that were on my spelling list. A parent said, “You taught Billy to humiliate girls!” My bottom slid forward a bit on the plastic seat. It was my way of ducking these nasty accusations.

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