In the Land of White Boys Who Use the N-Word

Cam and Jason sounded impossible, but they were real — and somehow, they became my friends

Andrew Ricketts
LEVEL
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11 min readJan 31, 2020

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Today, sans burning crosses and blatant epithets, racism is harder…

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Andrew Ricketts
LEVEL
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I’m a Caribbean and American writer from New York. My stories are about coming-of-age, learning how to relate, and family. It’s a living, breathing memoir.