Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

by Crystal Smith Paul

The death of eighty-one-year-old Kitty Karr Tate had dominated that week’s news.

She was an American icon, an Academy Award–winner, a writer, television star, and philanthropist. The tributes were numerous, and her films and decade-long-running television show shot to the top of digital sales.

Public conspiracy theories had exploded after news leaked that Kitty bequeathed her entire fortune—about six hundred million dollars—to Elise and her sisters, Giovanni and Noele.

Why had the White Hollywood icon given her fortune to the Black (“Black” being the key word) daughters of her costar in a sitcom that first aired almost fifty years ago?

The pain that you’ve been feeling can’t compare to the joy that’s coming.

With one’s attention turned outward, one forgets one’s own ability to harness understanding of the truth.