Passage by Khary Lazarre-White

Author:Khary Lazarre-White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: author of color, harlem ghost story, brooklyn ghost story, novel systemic racism, novel black protagonist, ghost story oppression, novel systemic oppression, modern ghost story, 90s harlem, 90s brooklyn, street lit novel, street fiction novel, street lit ghost story, street fiction ghost story, supernatural street lit, supernatural street fiction, black speculative fiction, black genre fiction, black supernatural fiction, protagonist of color, novel police brutality, ghost story systemic racism, black fantasy
ISBN: 9781609807849
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2017-08-28T18:00:00+00:00

As Warrior walked slowly from the train station to his school, he remembered how he had felt about school days when he was younger. He would wake every morning and choose a special outfit for the day, usually mixing bright colors that didn’t match. He would dress quickly, eat breakfast, and run down the staircase of his Brooklyn brownstone. He would meet brotherman at the foot of his stoop, and the two of them would run off to school, a whole new day of adventure in front of them.

In those days, school was exciting and new. It was your job to play, and playing taught invaluable lessons for life. In those days, Warrior felt that he was learning something in school, but not anymore. Now school was monotonous. Warrior felt he was learning pointless information that he would never use, and it definitely was not fun. Now he learned his true lessons through the countless books he read, the discussions with his mother and father, the wisdom passed down from elders he knew, and the education that comes with living. His school didn’t care enough to teach him. They seemed concerned with order, rules, state tests, and statistics.

Warrior walked up the many stone steps to the school and entered through the front doors. It was the middle of second period, and the hallways were empty. He walked to his locker and opened the padlock. As he hung his coat on the hook, Warrior noticed the letter he had grabbed from the counter before leaving home sticking out of the coat pocket. He turned it over and saw that it was from brotherman. Warrior quickly threw his books into his bag, shut his locker, and walked to one of the few quiet areas by the gym, below the offices, a place he often went to think. He sat down on the steps and opened the letter. A cold breeze from the large open window above him blew against his face. He was not the first to open the envelope. It had been unsealed already, and read by the prison censors. It was marked with their stamp. The postmark showed that the censor’s meddling had delayed the letter for over a week. Warrior unfolded the letter and entered brotherman’s world.

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