Antwone Fisher
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Ms. Tate, she used to
put us against each other...

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so much, we started
hating each other.

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But I think deep down
inside...

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we really hated
ourselves.

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What do you mean?
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Keith was half white.
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She would try to
compare Keith...

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to me and Dwight.
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You know, he had
the good hair...

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and we had
the bad hair.

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She used to say how
Keith was better than us...

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because his father
was white.

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I wished I was Keith.
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Mmhh.
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But not even Keith
could escape...

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from being called
a nigger.

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She hardly used our names.
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She said the word
nigger so often...

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called us niggers so often...
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that we could tell...
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who she was
talking to by...

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the way she said
the word nigger.

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What happened to
Dwight and Keith?

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Dwight is in Lucasville
State Penitentiary.

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Keith got taken back
by his mother.

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He was raped by
one of her boyfriends.

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Mmhh.
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Did what happen to
Keith happen to you?

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Hell, no.
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Okay.
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Okay. Was
Mrs. Tate ever--

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Was she ever
nice to you?

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Yeah, there were times.
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Sometimes she would
tell her friends that...

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we were good kids and that
she was proud of us.

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Chummy times.
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Chummy times?
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Yeah. I got to where
I could tell...

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what kind of day
it was gonna be...

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by the scent in the air
when I awoke.

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How could you tell?
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Well, if I awoke
and there was the smell...

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of grits and eggs...
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or water steaming off
the pavement...

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as she hosed it down...
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I had to look out
all day.

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But...if I smelled
pancakes...

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everything was okay.
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She make pancakes
very often?

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No, sir.
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I can delay
my next appointment...

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if you want to
talk some more.

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No, sir.
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Hey, Slim.
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What?
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You going home
next leave?

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Hell, yeah. I gotta
tend to the flock.

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Hey, when I get leave...
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I'm gonna be
like a--a vampire...


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