Allure of Black

Discussion Guide

Participants:

• Narrator (young son)
• Mother

Event:

   Feelings of a boy who has helped his mother construct a girl's Halloween costume.

Discussion:

• The mother seems to have no difficulty with using the boy as a stand-in for his sister while making the costume but does not think it is appropiate for him to have a chance to wear it at Halloween.
• How do you think you would feel if you were the son on being told it is for girls only?
• Was anyone harmed by this event? If yes, how?