Literature
The Year of the Rat, 5: Soapbox Apocalypse
By the time we’d gone ten blocks, we’d already made five dollars. It was time to catch a subway, but before we could make it to an entrance something else caught our attention.
Standing on a plank of wood and four columns of milk carton boxes, and surrounded by pawnshop amplifiers and militant banners, were six members of the Nation of Islam. Each one of them was wearing a shirt in a different primary color. Each shirt had a picture of a well-known Biblical person. Each picture depicted something other than the traditional caucasian image of European origin: Jesus with blond hair and blue eyes, Moses with pale Germanic skin. Rath