You could see they were afraid. When I got in they started whispering among themselves. They didn't say anything to me. Sometimes silence says the most. This is not the first time she has had an unwelcome reception on public transportation.
Adults never say anything.
But when I ask the kids where they got that name, they tell me they heard it from their parents. Tadela came here from Addis Ababa in 1985. In her view, Israel has given the Ethiopians the short end of the stick from the beginning. A thin, attractive woman, Tadela's brow wrinkles in anger as she speaks. But the revelation about the blood donations was the worst.