#TBT The average kid attends school 180 days each year; -- multiply that by12 years and you get a grand total of 2,160 compulsory school days.−− Today is day 2,155 – and my name is Chad Goller and I’m your anything but average black kid. --- And for as long as I can remember, I’ve lived with my white parents in a virtually all white suburb of Tacoma, Washington.—Herein known as University Place. A couple of things you should know about University Place – first there is no university. – And second, -- it’s also home to everything bad that’s ever happened to me. -- Which is why, come summers end -- I’m flying the coup. – Destination, Western Washington University. --- But first, I’m going to need a car – and not just an everyday ordinary car. --- No, if I’m going to bust the gates of this hell wide open, --- I’m going to do it in style. --- And preferably in something flashy, – just like me. “Dad I found one --- Look, it’s a 1976 Mercury Grand Marquis, with power everything --- doors, mirrors, windows --- even seats. --- And look dad, its GOLD --- inside and out. Riding in Cars With Black People and Other Newly Dangerous Acts: A Memoir in Vanishing Whiteness, TONIGHT May 8th UW Tacoma, William Phillip Hall 7:00pm, Free and Open to Public.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 19:03:46 +0000
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