Susan Saulny

In fact, it was just the opposite that happened.

My aunt said that he was told in those uncertain terms to never show his face around there again and, you know, to get off the property.

I wanted to show that these two men were basically the same in terms of upbringing and DNA, right?

But for a bit more time in the sun, the difference of color that for anyone might just be a dark suntan, they had completely different lives because one could be classified as white,

And the other as black.

And I was hoping that by laying out the very stark contrast, the arcs that their lives took, I could help show how arbitrary and absurd it is to sort people by race and color.

Right.

Well, I was nervous going into that because, you know, I was raised by Grandpa George and that little voice was still in the back of my head saying, leave well enough alone.

But I thought, you know, if I could talk to you, Grandpa, I would tell you that the world is a different place and that this might be the time to do this.

I have a feeling it is.

So I walked into the restaurant, and I looked around.

I asked the hostess if the de Granges were there, and I'm trying to figure out who they are.

And I see three women who are already, like, zeroed in on me.

They're looking like they recognized me before I recognized them.

And once I laid eyes on them, I knew immediately as well.

One of the cousins sitting there says, Oh, she's with us.

And she tells the hostess,

Because there was something about us that just seemed cousinly, for lack of a better word.

Yeah.

They reminded me of people I knew from home, like every one of them.