CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
DECEMBER 12, 1960
I thought my recent despair was due to a personality defect that makes me even more cynical than great philosophers like Nietzsche and Lenny Bruce. But it’s not me who’s off-center. It’s the whole planet! Ollie is right. As long as people hate, they’ll hurt others. And ignorance brews hatred. I witnessed it with my own eyes during one of the most unforgettable moments of my life.
It all started with a report in last night’s paper. It was an update about what happened to Denise and Robert. The editor of the newspaper has been receiving criticism for not mentioning the racial factor that led to Denise’s accident, so he finally touched upon it in last night’s paper. His editorial said, “Certain members in our society place their own hatred above socia
