Black Man Writes about His Experience in Eastern Europe

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In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, I had many genuine conversations about race. One occurred while I was teaching English in Georgia during a Peace Corps tour in 2005. After one class, a student stayed behind and we began speaking, in English, about black-American culture. The conversation was innocent until the student began expressing how much she adored black people. 

“Oh, I just love the Negro,” she said. “They’re so smart and can sing and dance so well. I just love niggers.”