Mary Korte

True Colors Mary Korte

It is a given. Children's minds absorb and believe as truths whatever they learn from parents and close friends. Sadly, through example, racism has been passed down from one generation to the next. At an early age, Author Mary Korte-living in poverty under the sadistic thumb of her stepmother-realized the injustice of racism. Rather than assimilating prejudicial lessons being taught and practiced around her, she quietly rejected them. Experiencing abuse at home and bullying at school (She often heard, "You're nothing but Poor White Trash."), she consciously rejected the mistaken notion that Whites were superior to all other races. As this chronological memoir demonstrates, she did nothing great to change the world. In her everyday life, she just made it a point to do small acts of acceptance. She hopes her little stories in True Colors will encourage everyone to adopt ACCEPTANCE as their True Color. Recommended "easy" reading for junior/middle/high school students and adults.