After Simms told me that the Cranbrook board had insisted that he live off campus, rather than integrating him with the other students, I asked about his experience of racism. "I don’t know what to say about that," he said, "because I have found out, after all these years I’ve lived, all people have problems with other peoples."
Something in his response prompted me to ask if he felt he had had a fortunate life. While he affirms that he has had a "very fortunate life," he goes on to express anxiety about the fragile state of the world and the things that he feels students today are not learning.
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