I sat on a bench near thecapitol until a cop came and told me to move it along. I walked alittle ways and noticed that all of the people around here ...ere blackand the homes looked shabbier as I walked. There was a bar that seemedclosed but when I looked in the window I could see several peoplesitting inside. My stomach growled with hunger and watching the peopleeating peanuts made me long for some myself. An older woman came outand lit a cigarette."You look lost; do you know where you're. He didn't look at porn with Black women because ... DUH, why would he? He didn't want to see their big butts and big lips and ugly faces. Even the ugliest white woman was prettier than a Black woman Dave thought.Nonetheless, he clicked on the website. He was just doing it to find out why Bryan would be passing out flyers for them, not because he was interested or anything. He just knew there would be some sort of explanation, like maybe he was an investor and he was taking a 70/30 cut of the. How did she even have mynumber? Steve. Such an asshole. He was loving this. Turning me into asissy playtoy for my roommates and his girlfriend. The text read:Megan ur face looks kinda shiny and ur gloss is dull. Take out urcompact nd apply sum powder to ur cheeks, nose, nd forehead. Then puton sum more lipgloss. Or else. Do it right now slut! I'm watching.I looked down to where she was sitting and she was staring right at mewith a look that meant business. God only knew what she would put. It is a Hindu word. Much prettier than *cunt*, don’t you think?”The word cunt hung in the air like an incantation. Suchitra had only ever heard the word used as a term of abuse, and here was this strange woman using it like a benediction, a word to describe something holy, something sacred, something beautiful, something to be worshipped. For the first time in her life, Suchitra felt pride in her possession of a cunt. No guilt, no shame, but a feeling of great happiness that the warm place.