when Stacey was a small child ... starting to school.... de-segration of blacks in the schools was only a few years past ... So the people of this area still harbored deep-set Hatreds ... (the human mind Needs "someone" to "Hate" ...just part on human nature...)
... As a little kid ...I was into monsters and horror ..as well as the ancient mythologies from around the world....( was even heavily studying Archeology before 4th grade...).... But the "average boy my age was into "cars" and "Sports".... thus I was outcast by my peers for the things that I liked... ( this behavior was often encouraged by their fathers because they could no longer teach their sons to hate "Blacks".... so hatred and mistreatment of Stacey was "encouraged"...)
they made my young life a Hell....
Found out years later that some of the elementary teachers not only encouraged this behavior ... but even went as far as to get together to conspire against Stacey... it is not right to do these things to a kid.... I was much smarter than most of the kids in my class... which really "pissed off" two of these teachers... (who did anything they could to make things harder on me)
.... One ,a third grade teacher (her "teacher's pet") was sister to one of the boys who always tormented me ... My second grade teacher was best friends with the other one.... between them they even had these students start a "Hate Stacey Club"......( this badly scared my young mind) .... and this type of treatment continued through-out most of my childhood...
these "Students" are now older adults... and still often try to make my life Hell....
And stuck in this small town about all that I can do is to hide in my house and hope that no one bothers me.....
If we had known how life was going to go for Stacey.... we would have stepped in front of a large truck as a small kid... to spare us a life of misery....
.... sorry ... someone thought that I was not "truthful" in speaking" on how those with a badge treat me....
so, we thought that a bit of background might help to clarify things....