Maryann

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==== I am Eddy Brown, I am 13 years old and I am black. People think that I'm always doing something illegal or just bad. They are always so dang racist, just because I'm black, doesnt mean that I do things illegally! When I was walkin' down the street the other week, I saw a garden, and I saw a little chinese girl planting some lima beans.Thats my favorite kind of food to eat! I am going to plant them too.. I asked her if I could and she said yes. :) ====

==== Yesterday I went to go weed my lima bean crop like I do every week, I was wearing my black colored hooded sweatshirt and some jeans. I had my hood on because it was raining that day, and my pants were down to my ankles because I couldn't find my belt. As I was pulling up the weeds, I senced someone standing right behind me. He must have that thought that I was stealing the lima beans, becuase he was getting all tense and looked as if he was ready to teach me a lesson (If you know what I mean). He pulled me aside and almost hurt me because he was so strong, his name was Curtis. I saw him a few times in the garden, but he never talked to me, thats becuase he never knew what I was going to do... ====

==== I told Curtis that I was just weeding the plant, and that it was mine anyways! He probably thought it was Kim's lima beans instead of mine, In addition, im Christian, and very very ethical! Curtis told me that he is also apart of the garden and that he understands what it is like to be black, and for people to be racist (against him), He used to be called "field slave" and "share cropper." As Curtis left and I started walking back towards my apartment at the Gibb street Apartment buildings, I looked back upon my lima beans and I felt relived that Curtis understood my story... and now since I planted lima beans for the community, people just might believe in me now. ====