THE CAPITALIST NIGER
Blacks?” she argued. It is the same inferiority complex, I had talked about earlier.
I was totally flabbergasted a few years ago, when I learnt that a high school in our city was holding its
prom in Winthrop, a purely Caucasian town with hardly any Blacks living there, and it is more than 80
miles away from the city. First, I could not believe the children who chose the site nor the official who
approved the venue. This is the scenario here. The parents of these children had to rent the tuxes and
spend a lot of money making the dresses for the girls. Then they had to rent limousines for almost 12
hours when you take into consideration the travel and waiting time. Then they had to worry about
35
stupid Caucasian “skin-heads” feeling superior and threatening these children. And even more
threatening was the Police in that area confronting them with all kinds of suspicions and arresting them.