Jacqueline Woodson Quotes
Chapter 1 JEREMIAH WAS BLACK. HE COULD FEEL IT. THE WAY THE Sun Pressed Down Hard And Hot On His Skin In The Summer. Sometimes It Felt Like He Sweated Black Beads Of Oil. He Felt Warm Inside His Skin, Protected. And In Fort Greene, Brooklyn - Where Everyone Seemed To Be Some Shade Of Black-he Felt Good Walking Through The Neighborhood. But One Step Outside. Just One Step And Somehow The Weight Of His Skin Seemed To Change. It Got Heavier. Light-skinned
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