Excellent thoughtful post… curious evolution of how folks think and how revealing it is to watch things closely over time. So love history and the back story . She is a case in point. I will read and study more about what motivates her these days and the temptations at her door. “Deported to where”. Wonder who said that to her and her family. Clearly it still stings. Most of us can’t or won’t go back which is why she would say he is not welcome here. .. I also heard and will try to confirm that her dad found work at an HBCU… gifts of opportunity and multiculturalism aren’t necessarily a protection of internalized racism and the oppression of class and colonialism. Kids still mean and hurtful in the playground. We are watching