Coffee Will Make You Black

Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair is an excerpt from Black Like Us edited by Devon W. Carlado, Dwight A. McBride, and Donald Weise is about a girl who starts addressing her attraction to females while hiding it by ignoring her boyfriend. The most interesting part of this story was when to me is when Carla is telling Stevie that if she did not give Sean, Stevie’s boyfriend, her virginity then he would find another prom date that would be more willing. The reason why I like this part the most is because the same stuff happens today. In high school there are a lot of people who feel that they need to do something like that on prom night and if not then their prom date will leave them for another willing date. I felt she made a good decision to not do it with him because she had goals and so did he and things could happen if they did do it. Even though she had some other reasons why she did not want to do it she still made a good decision that a lot of people choose not to make.

After reading this story one of the people I liked the most was Carla because she was very straightforward with what she had to say. She seemed to be kind if bossy and also like the kind of person who people put you in those peer pressure situations. She also could be one reason why Stevie was afraid to tell anyone about her feelings for Nurse Horn. Stevie felt the need to fit in and fitting in would mean acting like she was in love with her boyfriend and staying on good terms with Carla.

In this story I fell that Stevie valued her secret attraction to Nurse Horn. She hinted on it a lot but she seemed as if she wanted to keep it secret. I felt that whenever her friend mentioned things she wasn’t used to she was hide and act like it was something new as if she never heard of such things. It would have been interesting to see how her friend would have felt if she would have told her about her real feelings for Nurse Horn. Seeing how Carla seemed to be so straight forward, it would have been interesting to see what smart thing she might have said about Stevie.