My life was a struggle. I grew up in two little German towns: Bakum and Schönebeck. In my childhood, I’ve always been reserved. Days that were supposed to be filled by exploring the town and riding on old carousels with friends from the wee hours of the morning till the closing minutes of the sunset were, instead, spent alone. Instead, I rode my bike through the streets uncountable times and marked the streets of my lonely imagination with...

“Hey, Mexican!” called out the old, southern-accented woman who looked like she was about to crumble into dust. “Aren’t you going to help me put the groceries in the car?” She was a complete stranger to the man, yet she still felt the need to embarrass and offend him like that. Last winter, I accompanied my rather wealthy cousins to their vacation home in a rural town near Savannah, Georgia. The community that defined it was composed of the...

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