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difference between colored people and niggers. They were easily identifiable . Colored
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group : he wore white shirts and blue trousers; his hair was cut as close to his scalp as
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barber. In winter, his mother put jergens lotion on his face to keep the skin from
becoming ashen. Even though he was light skinned it was possible to ash. The line
between colored and nigger was not always clear, subtle and telltale signs threatened to
erode it, and the watch had to be constant (87)
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