grandfather couldn’t keep his hands
off the chocolate, eh? But it’s not
your fault you’re colored, so keep
trying. Because if you work hard
enough you can erase this taint
from your bloodline. Keep on
marrying lighter and whiter and
don’t touch the chocolate and
maybe, maybe, someday, if you’re
lucky, you can become white.”
Which seems ridiculous, but it
would happen. Every year under
apartheid, some colored people
would get promoted to white. It
wasn’t a myth; it was real. People
could submit applications to the
government. Your hair might