Black and White
‘Hey,’ said Tadeesha, sitting next to John, her same-age (16 year old) friend and crush. ‘Wanna come to my house tonight? I have…’ – she thought for an excuse for him to come – ‘I have a party, yeah.’ ‘Sure,’ said John, who also liked Tadeesha. Tadeesha wasn’t black, she was mostly tanned, really brown, but she wasn’t black. John, on the other hand, was completely white. They were both pretty short for 16 year olds, but that didn’t matter. They liked each other, and that was it. That night,...