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My father was a dark-skinned<br />

brother, but my mother was a very<br />

fair-skinned lady. From what I<br />

understand she was Creole; we<br />

think her people originally came<br />

from <strong>New</strong> Orleans. She looked<br />

almost like a white woman, which<br />

meant she could pass—as folks used<br />

to say back then. Her hair was jetblack.<br />

She was slim and very<br />

attractive. I recall people telling<br />

her she looked like Lena Horne or<br />

Dorothy Dandridge.<br />

The fact that my mother could<br />

pass intrigued me, even as a little<br />

kid. I understood that it was a big<br />

fucking deal. In my household, it

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