I told the mom what I was trying to do. I said, “We’re trying to teach them about healthy choices, not getting involved so early with sex. These kids, they don’t know about healthy relationships, you know, we’ve got to hug our kids more.” She said, “I ain’t hugging her. I ain’t no lesbian.” This was the craziest, nastiest, ignorant—if I could have been De’Londa in real life, I would have smacked her ass. That’s where De’Londa came from.
