Little White Children, Please Don’t Stare At Black People

Your parents haven’t taught you not to, but please, don’t do it

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

I’d barely left home this morning when I came across a little white boy and his mother. He turned around to stare at me, inspecting my face like I was something different and foreign. Even when I made it clear that I had noticed him staring, he continued to do so. His mother noticed it too and didn’t say a word to him. I do…