Risha Grant

Risha Talks: After a racist came to my door shouting obscenities, I reflected on my own ‘BS’

The day after my first Tulsa World column ran, a white man showed up at my house. He stood in my front yard, facing my living room window, shouting. He used the f-word and said he hated n—- — and shouted Martin Luther King’s name.

“I’m going to kill you and burn your house down!” he yelled. “I’m going to cut your head off and send it to your mama.” His voice sounded demonic. My neighbors were not exempt. With the same racially charged epithets, he accosted them, as well. “I’m going to kill you all with my bare hands one by one.”

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