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On p. 26, Kristen Green's mother says, about seeing biracial children at the beach, "It must be hard for them." I think people of my parents' generation used to say similar things all the time. What does this statement mean? What is "hard"? Have attitudes changed in your opinion? Why or why not? Is there a modern equivalent to this kind of statement?

In this section of the book, Green gives us the background on the Supreme Court Case Loving vs. Virginia (we'll watch a cinematic dramatization of this later in the term). What does this case have to do w/ segregated schools? For that matter, why was it important to so many in the South to maintain segregated schools? Why did black families want their children to go to schools where they weren't wanted by the white power structure? Why is it important to tell the story of Barbara Johns and the Moton School strike? While we're at it, we might tackle a central question about all history: Why is it important to tell it? What does this particular historical story have to do w/ us now, today?

This is a hybrid--a combination--of memoir and history. How does the memoir aspect (Stewart's story of herself and her family) affect your reading of this history? How much did you already know about it and what is new to you?