Rural housewife Mrs. Hamilton has racist tendencies masquerading as "traditional values". Her neighbor, 18-year-old Jamal Jackson, sets her straight, later submitting a poetry assignment to his civics class in her honor:

"Amidst the land of stars and bars,

Devoted housewife had a dream,

Of justice, peace, and liberty,

But circumstances went too far,

Ersatz ideals are doused in cream."

Queried about his words Jamal reveals that he won over Mrs. Hamilton with nothing more than calm conversation and a cream-filled t... Show more