Tateh hated black people. He’d call the little children bad names in Yiddish and make fun of their parents, too. “Look at them laughing,” he’d say in Yiddish. “They don’t have a dime in their pocket and they’re always laughing.” But he had plenty money and we were all miserable.
It really pisses racists off to see joy and resilience in the people they hate, yet they can’t see how their own commitment to white supremacy and capitalism makes them the most miserable and abusive people on earth. Sucks for them!
