 I talked with him in May of 2022 after he reconnected with Mr. Bridgman. And I started by asking him about his early experiences at school in Maplewood, where he was one of only a few black students. Well, you know, we like to say that children don't know anything about racism, but that's just not true. The fact is children come into the world pure and innocent, but the adults that socialize them can mess that up for them by poisoning their brains with racism and