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You said it.
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Mrs. Lewin,
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does Isaiah play with dolls?
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Sometimes.
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Any of them black?
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Yes.
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And some of them are green,
and some of them are purple,
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and some of them are orange.
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It doesn't seem
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to matter to him.
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He plays with all of them.
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As you know, Mrs. Lewin,
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people don't have green
or purple or orange faces.
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When you and Isaiah read
together,
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do any of the books you read
have African-American characters
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or pertain to African-American
history or culture?
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We read Isaiah all sorts
of books in our home.
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Oh, I'm sure you do,
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but is there a black face
in any of them?
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For instance,
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have you read
The Planet of Junior Brown,
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or The People Could Fly,
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or Many Thousand Gone
by Virginia Hamilton?
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Not yet.
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Well, how about The Red
Dancing Shoes by Denise Patrick
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or Faith Ringgold's Aunt
Harriet's Underground Railroad
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in the Sky?
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Not yet.
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Or maybe your husband
has read him Fathers and Sons,
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or Uncle Jed's Barbershop
by Margeree King Mitchell.
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No, I don't think so.
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Well, who do you think
he identifies with, Mrs. Lewin?
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The orange-faced muppet?
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Does he share
its muppet history?
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You ever stop to think
how Isaiah must feel
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living in a world
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where he never sees
anyone like himself?
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Might be kind of troubling,
don't you think?
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Well, what's your point,
Mr. Lewis?
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That our skin isn't
the right color?
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That we're incapable
of teaching this child
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what he needs to learn?
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That I can't raise Isaiah up
to be an honorable man
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because my skin is white?
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What about love?
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You haven't even spoken
that word here.
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Or doesn't that fit
into your equation