And All Our Wounds Forgiven (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
i did not understand that for the young change has no other content than change. the appearance of activity differentiates them from their parents. the task of youth is this definitive act of differentiation because the young can have only one priority — to see themselves. i mistook their eagerness to follow me as confirmation. but ardor is as characteristic of youth as the large, moist eyes of cocker spaniels. though that ardor combined with courage to create a movement that ended racial segregation, what a price the nation extracted from its young to pay a debt they had not incurred. but did i have an alternative? the foundation of national policy for resolving racial conflict was set by brown v. board of education. the supreme court required children to do what adults had not — desegregate the nation. it seemed logical. the young were less imbued with prejudice. because they were young they could more readily learn and live an ethic of social equality. but we robbed them of childhood and thus of integrity.
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