Brigette Davis
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So she naturally asked, well, what does your mother do?
Because I knew she was in the numbers, but I knew I wasn't supposed to tell anyone that.
So I suspect looking back that she was already looking at me and thinking, this little girl is really dressing well, this little black girl.
And I think that prompted the questions, but I was naive.
I just knew that on this day, she was telling me I had a lot of pairs of shoes and I agreed.
And then she really stunned me by saying, name every pair of shoes you have.
I thought it was a test and I didn't want to fail it.
And I worked really hard, nervously, and named 10 pairs of shoes.
And she said to me, 10 pairs of shoes, that's an awful lot.