AUNTIE HAS LEFT THE HOUSE

This is a self-examination of racism, a look at a non-racist racist. It should be helpful to anyone who reads it, but certainly to “boomers” and their parents.

I grew up in the ’50’s and early ’60’s. I had an early diet of Dick and Jane books, commercials featuring Betty White and look-a-likes, and a neighborhood that featured black people from 9–5 coming to clean houses, except for those who were “live-ins.” Life was normal. In the pantry were Aunt Jamima and Uncle Ben along with cereal boxes that featured a Quaker and famous white athletes with the exception of Jesse Owens. Also…