My detailed comments making a comparison between the ineptness of LP in this and JC in NI are at the end
But I want to say this.
“Keep a bag packed just in case” is not an OK childhood
I spent much of my teenage years reading such literature as Victor Frankl’s inspiring, life affirming, gentle & powerful account of survival and thriving from the Holocaust
These accounts display courage & deep kindness
Any more than the cruel comments on @maragarethodge is the best of LP
Cruel (but not intentional)
Absent empathy for a young girl learning that she cannot be safe in her world because of her race, & how that message is revived.
Slow slow SLOW hand clap to those who have unwisely spoken thus.
Wiser kinder politics. Not.