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One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I liked
1 better than driving our
truck,
2 this time I was not happy. My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit (赊账) at the store.
Sixteen is a
3 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly
4 of
racial discrimination was
5 a fact of life. I'd seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down,
while the store owner
6 whether they were "good for it." I knew black youths just like me who were
7 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was
8 . We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner
9 us?
At Davis's store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded
10 I passed him
on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my
11 to the caskh desk, I said
12 , "I need to put this
on credit."
The farmer gave me and amused, distrustful
13 . But Buck's face didn't change. "Sure," he said
14 .
"Your daddy is
15 good for it." He
16 to the other man. "This here is one of James Williams's sons." The
farmer nodded in a neighborly
17 . I was filled with pride. James William's son. Those three words had opened
a door to an adult's respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had
18 brought our whole family the respect of our
neighbors. Everyone knew what to
19 from a Williams: a decent person who kept his word and respected
himself
20 much to do wrong.
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