Inflation is Obvious, Segregation is Subtle: A Black Girl’s Way Home - By Ava Emilione

Despite the “We believe black lives matter” signs peppered across trimmed lawns, Montclair, New Jersey has two zip codes, 07043 and 07042. One rich, one poor. One Black, one white.

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School buses didn’t run to my apartment.

On hot spring days after school in Montclair, New Jersey, waiting for the public bus with my friends, my backpack weighed heavy on my aching shoulders. If the public bus’ unreliable schedule failed us, we walked thirty minutes home. 

Across the street, wealthy students loaded into yellow buses and ai…