Unconscious Racism
It's 1950's day at Atlantic High School, and many students are dressed the part. (it's actually 1971.) We thought it would be funny, including Lester, the foreign exchange student from South Africa, to have him pretend to be shining shoes. He was the first black person I'd ever met, there being no other blacks living in Atlantic at the time.
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Owen Long
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Owen
I have tears from laughter and sadness for the loss of our crazy youth. We were so blessed to grow up in idyllic Atlantic... a good place to be from... a good place to move from... Wow, what handsome dogs in that photo!!!!! Don't miss my dear cousin behind the wheel... I almost did. At least I think that is Tom Auerbach. This inspires me to compile a master volume of emails I have received from many of our classmates revealing their current lives and the lost space between then and now. You are one talented man Owen. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and soul. Your words are poetry.