Middle-Class Sidewinder

What is your legacy? Join Dorothy Brown Perkins as she shares a story about her life, heritage, and gifted children. This story’s setting is within a small western town in Michigan where Stacy grew up with his dad, mother, brother, and sister. Stacy is the oldest son in the family. He is Black, curious, gifted, and a mischievous child in the story. On the outside, he is sweet, charming, full of old loving grace, loved by his parents, admired by everyone. But, Stacy’s mother had an uneasy feeling about him. Wise well beyond his years, Stacy has always been a free spirit or, in other terms, a Sidewinder. His brilliance led him to attend one of the most prestigious academies in Indiana. When the school Masters took him on their senior class trip to Europe for two weeks. Stacy left the group and decided to be like an adult.