Born a Crime

introduced her to white men who
were willing to rent out flats in
town. A lot of these men were
foreigners, Germans and
Portuguese who didn’t care about
the law and were happy to sign a
lease giving a prostitute a place to
live and work in exchange for a
steady piece on the side. My mom
wasn’t interested in any such
arrangement, but thanks to her job
she did have money to pay rent. She
met a German fellow through one
of her prostitute friends, and he
agreed to let her a flat in his name.
She moved in and bought a bunch
of maid’s overalls to wear. She was