figure it’s my job to live my life like the Lord wants me to, not try to set the whole world straight. Not that I don’t think black folks ought to be able to vote and sit where they like and live where they want to and be who they want to be. But if my years on this earth have taught me anything, it’s this: the kind of person you are inside is a heap more important in the long run than the rights you have, where you sit, what you’re called, and whether you vote. As I sit here telling our story, or