It feels like home…

We’ve moved into our new apartment.

I think we’re in the right place.

It’s a two bedroom job in Olde Towne East, a neighborhood on the Near East Side of Columbus.  We’ve signed the lease with a friend of ours.

It feels great to be in the neighborhood.  It’s definitely a low-income area with a lot of potential.

I took Lucy for her first walk Wednesday evening.

I passed a group of kids, 6 black kids of 13 or 14, and, as is my custom, smiled as I walked past.

After I had passed them, one of them called after me.

“Hey Nigger.”

He repeated the call louder and louder.

“Hey Nigger.  Hey Nigger!”

I must misunderstand the meaning of the term, because he was yelling at me.  I kept walking.

“Hey Nigger.  You suck a dick?”

I didn’t have any zingers to send back and wasn’t in the mood to get jumped that day, so I kept walking.

“Hey Nigger.  You suck a double dick?  You suck that dogs dick, Nigger?”

I’ve never seen a double dick, but, in fairness, I was walking a twelve pound dog.

“Nigger!  Look at me!  You suck a dick, Nigger?!”

It feels like home.

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I am a fan of documentary films.  If you are too, be sure to catch the film “Flag Wars”:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359281/
It’s available from these libraries (enter your zip code for the library closest to you):
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78925158
It’s about the gentrification of Olde Towne East.

Well?.....do you?