How do they get to be that way? – Roger Ebert's Journal
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Let’s say I was one of the lucky ones. The mural took shape, and as my face became recognizable, I took some kidding from my classmates and a smile from a pretty girl I liked.
… Anyway, for two months white people drove past in their cars and screamed angry words out the window before hurrying away. And the artists got back up on their scaffold and started making my face whiter.
… the artists went back up and started making my skin darker again, but I didn’t go to see, because I never wanted to go near that bullshit mural again.