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Michael Thompson

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Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day: In Search of a Brighter Future

Submitted to Contest #228

Hoppin’ John on New Year’s Day: In Search of a Brighter Future Nobody has ever asked me how I feel, so I keep my thoughts to myself. I keep my thoughts, whether good, sad, happy, or bad, to myself. I can control my emotions better when I do. The one thing I have learned as a 78-year-old Black woman from South Georgia working as a housekeeper, cook, and nanny for a well-to-do white family is that you'll keep your job longer when you don't share what you think. Be invisible. I've worked for them since I was 17 years old, and this just grew...

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