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1、WhiteBoyinaBlackLandAUGUST8,2011 BY TOMMATLACK LEAVEACOMMENT (EDIT)ItravelledtoKenyawithmywifeElenaandsixyear-oldsonCole.Aminorityforthefirsttimeinmylife,itmademethinkdifferentlyaboutraceandmyownracism.AsKenyaisaformerEnglishcolony,whichbecameindependentin1964,Iamsuret
2、herearewhiteKenyans,butIliterallyneversawoneduringmyentirevisit.AttheNairobiairportonthewayhome,Ididnoticeanumberofinter-racialcoupleswithbeautifulbabieswithlightbrownskineverywhere. IstoppedcountingwhenIgotintothedoubledigits.EverywhereIwent,very-dark-skinnedmenandwom
3、enkeptwelcomingmehome,likeIwasaJewreturningtoIsrael.IamneitherblacknorJewish,soatfirst,thekindnessconfusedme.IkepttryingtoimaginewalkingnorthontheEastSideofManhattan,past110th Street,andtheresidentsofHarlemtakingalookatmyblondhairandblueeyes,welcomingmehome. ♦◊♦“Jambo!
4、”EveryonewemetcheerfullygreeteduswiththeSwahili“hello.”Ourdrivers,waiters,andourguideProtustookaparticularshiningtoCole.They’dbear-hughimwhenevertheysawhim.Thismademethinkof arecentcolumnbyShawnTaylor,ablackmanwithalight-skinneddaughter,abouthow,attheplayground,he’stre
5、atedlikealeperinsteadoftheproudfatherheis.Inonerecentincident,Taylorwasplayingwithhisdaughterandanotherlittleblondegirl.Theblondegirlfelltothegroundbyaccident,andhermotherassumedtheworstaboutTaylor.Shecallinghimaniggerinfrontofhisdaughter.Taylor’skepthiscool,buthehadto
6、comforthisdaughter,whowasintears.Recently,amandroveawhitevanintoourcommunitybackhome.Hetriedtoconvinceayoungboytogetinthevan,buttheboyranaway,screaming.Itleftthecommunityinastateofparanoia.Alloftheparentsgavetheirkidsthedon’t-talk-to-strangerstalks.SoafterProtus,alarge
7、blackman,tookoursoninhisarmsthemomenthemethim,Coleasked, “IthoughtIwasn’tsupposetotalktostrangers.Isheokay?”“Yes,”Isaid,“heisaverysweetmanwhoisjustbeingnice.”ButinsideIwonderedwhatIwouldsayifablackmanontheplaygroundbackhomedidthesamething.ReadtherestofthestoryHERE
