That day I said something about my father’s childhood. Perhaps the story about counting the cattle when they came back through the gate at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
After class, a student came up to the desk. He looked at me through the light of the document camera.<\/p>\n
“I thought you were Hispanic,” he said.<\/p>\n
“You did?”<\/p>\n
“… because of how you pronounce our names,” he said.<\/p>\n
I nodded. And glowed on the inside.<\/p>\n
“…and”<\/p>\n
I looked up.<\/p>\n
“…because of the color of your skin.”<\/p>\n
I nodded. And glowed on the inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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