Showing posts with label southern whites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label southern whites. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Speaking of race: I broke the law 40 years ago, and my whiteness probably helped me get away with it ... now what?


T
he red and blue flashing lights cut through the darkness and scared the teenage hell out of us.

It was the middle of the night, well after midnight — probably after 2 in the morning, through the years have erased many of the details — and neither I nor my new friend had a valid reason to be where we were.

And neither of us had a valid driver’s license.