“The whole problem in this Delta is that nobody can see past black and white. Very, very few. So all our energy goes into stopping the other ones, blaming the other ones, trying to get what they have. It’s so obvious that we need to work together, but we can’t get out from under that other shit.” “You mean the history of this place?” I said. “I mean racism,” he said. “On both sides. You think white folks got a monopoly on that shit?”
