EXCERPT FROM LATOYA’S BOOK “Thinking back over all those years, I realized that Mother was the guiding force behind the cruelty and abuse. This lady who pretended to be so gentle on the surface had in fact caused all the turmoil in our lives. We’d always thought that it was Joseph, but it was her, telling him what to do and how to do it. Like I’d said to her before, she was always throwing the rock and hiding her hand, convincing everyone — outsiders and my own siblings — that she was sweet, kindhearted, and compassionate. Little did they know that the minute they were out of earshot she talked about them very, very viciously. After seeing it so many times, I finally had to face the fact that this was her true personality. — page 257 “Mother … frowned on our socializing with WHITE KIDS, an attitude I found hypocritical coming from a Christian. — page 34. “… both my parents harbor racist attitudes, particularly against JEWS. Mother used to complain bitterly all the time, ‘I can’t stand it.’ … She’d go on and on ‘Jews are so nosy. They like controlling you. I hate ‘em all.’ To their faces, however, my mother was as sweet as could be. … Hearing talk like this turned my stomach, especially when it came from my mother’s mouth. How could a religious woman be so hateful? The depth of Mother’s loathing was expressed in one of her opinions: ‘There’s one mistake Hitler made in his life — he didn’t kill all those Jews. He left too many damn Jews on this earth, and they …
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