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Wow. Eloquence exemplified right here! Reading this took my breath away. Thank you Bill Phillips for telling your story.

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With gratitude & appreciation to the Sebastopol Times for allowing readers to share memories of childhood & life reflections & events. I've truly enjoyed these stories from local citizens as the Sebastopol Times staff takes a much-deserved rest. Harvey Henningsen

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Thank you for the gift of your reflections. I’m grateful to your parents for raising a person whose grace and generosity made it possible to share this story. It is important and so timely. Thanks to you and the Sebastopol Times!

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Thank you so much. I hunger to hear and learn more about the real racist world we lived in then. I too was naive and protected as a child, a white female child. We need to share and share and share. Thank you.

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Once again the Sebastopol Times comes through! This article by Bill Phillips is one I shall cherish. It puts a lens on the years of my youth (spent in Sebastopol) that has touched me deeply and shown me another truth.

I am grateful to you, Bill Phillips, and although we do not know each other, I feel a certain kinship with you. Thank you for sharing your story with such eloquence and clarity. Thank you for being here now. I hope our paths cross one day soon.

And thank you, Laura and Dale, for your commitment to this town and the written word. Journalism is alive and well in Sebastopol.

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Well done, sir!

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Hello Bill and Seb Times🙋‍♀️

Yes, very well written Bill! And done with clever sparks that say you are happy … though way back when, when your mom could not take you into the local ice-cream parlor.… Sorry, and I want to buy You an ice-cream at Your local yummy ice-cream place, Mimi’s! 🎉 I know that you have a full house, but, if you want to meet in the plaza (and maybe with your woofer!), you can get a single, double or maybe a triple ice-cream cone!

✨Just for fun. 🍦🍨🍦🍦

Nina,

… we have part of your story in common. Seb Times’ Laura will have my Seb #

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