So, I pulled her into the hallway and gently asked her to take a few minutes to compose herself in a nearby conference room.

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The student asked this question very gently and non-threateningly, but her directness and the fact that she was an African American woman herself caused her question to rattle around my brain like a course of electric shock therapy.

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Had anyone asked why, he would have gently reminded them that he did not leave a silence that was empty.

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It was much more satisfactory to smile gently at him, making a visible effort not to roll my eyes, when he asked where we kept the spatulas.

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While country music played gently in the background and sheriff's deputies watched from the wings, two clerks asked the couples some innocent but awkward questions and logged addresses, phone numbers and relatives' names on a computer.

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