Patricia WilliamsGuest
And, um, you know, people kept asking for another book, so I said, "Well, what am I gonna write about?" And then when I sat down and really thought about it, I said, "Why don't I, why don't I tell them how hard I worked to get the American dream just to get there and realize there ain't no damn American dream?" [laughs]I'm a little Black girl that grew up in the west end of Atlanta.

Brady Bunch, all of those things, and they had-- It looked like white people were so, were just happy.

And as a little Black kid, we had good times, and we-- I, I, I was sick of looking at Black people eat oatmeal.

Because everything it told you to go get gonna cost you some money [laughs].

You know, uh, walking into that house, hearing my grandkids' voice and my husband voice.

And, um, you know, people kept asking for another book, so I said, "Well, what am I gonna write about?" And then when I sat down and really thought about it, I said, "Why don't I, why don't I tell them how hard I worked to get the American dream just to get there and realize there ain't no damn American dream?" [laughs]I'm a little Black girl that grew up in the west end of Atlanta.

Brady Bunch, all of those things, and they had-- It looked like white people were so, were just happy.

And as a little Black kid, we had good times, and we-- I, I, I was sick of looking at Black people eat oatmeal.

Because everything it told you to go get gonna cost you some money [laughs].

You know, uh, walking into that house, hearing my grandkids' voice and my husband voice.
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