I wonder if that clerk at Rite Aid — name on namebadge I don’t remember, but let’s say it’s “Samantha” (it is something to that like) — is a male, female, transgendered, transvestite (which, I guess would mean male… incidentally, if I had to guess, this would be my guess), or… I think those are my only options. If I’ve left anything out, feel free to tell me.

I wasn’t about to ask, and I pretty much pretended like no such thought enters my mind. S/he was cheerful enough.

………..

I was walking through a North Portland neighborhood yesterday. A 16 or 17 year old kid is doing yard work, and he says to me as I walk by, “They’re making me a slave today.” Oh, and he was black.

I feel as though I cannot say a single word or make a single expression… not a knowing nod (yeah… parents) or a sort of “quit complaining” (kids complaining about nothing) shrug.

Hm.

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