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Cayden: A Short Story

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At school in line, Cayden had said that he only cared about the feelings of himself, Shawn, and a couple other kids, which were all classified as African American. I told Cayden that he should care about everyone’s feelings, not just black people’s. He yelled “Don’t call me black!” And pushed me. A couple other things happened, but they are not my business. Those were my actions, and by now I feel bad that I did some of them.

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