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👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It didn't matter to us.
We would play games and have fun together.
But when we started going to school, everything changed.
He went to a school where all the kids were white.
I went to a school where everyone was black.
Soon after, he told me, I can't play with you anymore.
Why?
My dad said so.
He doesn't want us being friends.
But why?
You're one of my best friends, aren't you?
Aren't you?
I didn't understand.
It didn't make sense.
At dinner, my parents explained, it's because you're black and he's white.
I was so mad that day.
How could someone treat me differently just because of the color of my skin?
I wanted to hate my friend and his father.
But my parents told me to do the opposite, that I should love my friend even though he hurt me.
They taught me that it's better to have more love in your life than more hate.