"I wondered if that happened to her often, if she had somehow built a defense around herself to stop it from hurting or feeling like she was part of a petting zoo." Awesome work Sara! You have provided exactly the kind of real talk that I want to see in Black Like Me. It's crazy how people unknowingly do manage to build up all sorts of defense mechanisms. I'm sure she's learned how to cope, but I wonder how okay she'll be, given that for whatever her reasons, she feels the need to be in such company in the first place. But as they say, the Lord works in mysterious ways - lol Thanks again girl :-)