Da Park

I spent 2 years teaching in Da Park--Highland Park, MI. There were about 500 students in the elementary school. 1 of them was a white child. Of the 30ish teachers, there were only 6 white teachers. I taught 3rd grade & it was the most challenging yet most rewarding experience of all my teaching years. The first lesson of Black History Month we were talking about how we would have not been able to be in the same school during segregation. My students asked why so I explained how white teachers only taught white children while black children had only black teachers. One of my students exclaimed "But you ain't white Ms. Wealah...you just light skinned!" How can I even follow that one?