She continued, “Errik, we just need to coordinate our diaper wash days, and I want Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I don't like having my grimy diapers in play next to your shiny white diapers. What will the neighbors think? And why are your diapers so white, anyway? " For a moment I felt contempt for my surroundings, Augusta, Georgia, for the whole country, but I heard myself say, "I have a big black pot that I boil my diapers in." soapy water. If you like those days to wash, I'll take the rest of the week. There was no reason to mention the Colonial Store episode. She had scolded me for walking with the children along Peach Orchard Road, also called Highway 25. According to her, poor people, like "niggers", walk or sit in the back of the bus - not white people, especially women who have cars, and I didn't have to "strut »