In the spirit of NewSouth Books, who removed the words 'Nigger' and 'Injun' from Mark Twain's Huck Finn, here's a short story
The cat that led the other behind the bushes
fifty three minutes later
lays in the cool dewy grass and looks up for cars
and relaxes as the black school boy walks home,
passing him.
A scruffy white guy cuts glances at the school boy as they start to pass each other on the sidewalk.
They look at each other quickly. Scruff gives a nervous nod, thinking, 'I'd do it if he was white,' and looks away.
Jack, carrying the book bag, looks away, thinking, 'He thinks I'm black.'
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