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“There was no difference between my piss and June’s. That’s what I thought when I looked at the dark circle on the ground. Piss was piss”

Now that’s a word miss ma’am

I know it’s set in the 60’s but I’m just really struggling with the descriptions of all the black people mentioned so far. Everyone is “black as tar” “black as can be” “so black she looked blue” like ummmmmm ok

Okay let’s try this out…I’ve heard mixed reviews and I never hopped on the bandwagon with the book or the movie. Fingers crossed