The protocols at the restaurant in my childhood neighborhood were consistent with social and racial dynamics in the late s and early s The kitchen helpers mdash Mary the cook and dishwashers like me mdash were Black however the in-restaurant patrons were White Black customers could order food but they had to pick it up at the back door Such policies reinforced the unequal treatment of Blacks in that era Though we rsquo ve come a long way since then we still have room for growth in how we relate to each other as people made in the image of [... more]