I was able to spend

a lot of time

with my grandparents.

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I would play

hide and seek

behind the porcelain.

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Here I rooted myself.

I met Diane

throughout the U.S.

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It was oral history.

She wanted to know what

was keeping our doors open.

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Diane knew I'd been away

for three years.

I shadowed her

for three months.

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I learned to listen

and to learn.

I learned to frame.

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Everybody I talked to

was being resilient.

White, affluent folks,

not part of the community.

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No resilience

and no revolt. 

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We just continued to open up shop

everyday.

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March 2017

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