어머니는 당시 많은 남부 흑인 여성들처럼 풍만한 체격이셨고 아버지는 마른 체구였어요. 덩치는 크지 않았지만 어떻게든 엄마를 아무 문제없이 때릴 수 있었어요. 지금 생각해보니 어머니가 아버지를 두려워했기 때문이었고, 그 두려움이 어머니를 불구로 만들었죠.

She was a full figured woman like many southern black women back then and my dad was a skinny lil thing. Not big at all but somehow was able to whoop on my momma without a problem at all. I realize now that its because she feared him and it was her fear that crippled her.