Painful Names

I recently struck up a conversation with a beautiful sister on the bus I ride home, who is also a rich dark chocolate. We began to share stories of being called names like "grease monkey," "tar baby" and "blacky," just to name a few, by black boys growing up. We spoke about the pain it caused us, and the self esteem issues we both experienced. Her accuser, however, ended up asking her to the prom several years after the name calling started. She, of course, rejected his offer, which made me very happy to hear.

What do you all think about her rejection? Should she have gone to the prom with him?