Jan 3, 2010
Events unfold slowly: Mr. Ed, a southern white man, visits Aunt Zimby every Fourth of July—the date that she has designated as her birthday. His purpose is to give her a birthday present, a new pair of blue tennis shoes, although she has never played tennis and is now blind and cannot discern the color. He annually reenacts this tradition, following the example of his father, who has been dead for two years.
Aunt Zimby, who was born around the time of the Civil War, has “belonged” to this family of whites through four generations, being passed down and...
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