Conversations from the Train
Yes, I understand your son is only nine and that you are from South Africa, but if he’s going to ask when he’s going to get to see an eskimo on the train going to Toronto and you’re not going to correct him – I am NOT a bad person for letting you know that that is a racial slur here. And if you DID happen to know and just couldn’t be bothered to correct him… your stance that “he’s only a little boy” IS going to be put into a context of your native country’s overall record with respect to, well, respecting non-white people.
That was the train from Baltimore to Toronto. Got on at 3:55am. Arrived here at 9pm (here being Veronica’s apartment). I am a trooper.

