Down South, he had to hide his rich humanity behind the racial mask of inferiority to conform to the violent racial order of white supremacy that haunted his upbringing. But here, in this valley, when that teen realized that the local whites did not wear the racial mask of superiority and that he was no longer bound to his own racial mask, he felt the exhilarating freedom of allowing his true self to emerge wholly, even if for only the summer. I grew up hearing stories of how the racial mask of black inferiority was imposed upon blacks by the racial order of white supremacy. And that was how the racial order of white supremacy thrived, by keeping the humanity of these individuals hidden behind racial masks. The racial mask of whiteness was now imposed upon her.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2022 21:24 UTC