Weight You Weren't Supposed to Carry

"e;Ephraim, how did you make the highest score in this examination?"e;He was the only Black student in the class. The question was never really about the exam. Every time you brace before an encounter that hasn't happened yet — hands placed just so on the wheel, voice rehearsed before you've even opened your mouth — your body is paying a cost most people never see. Researchers call it weathering: ...