Southern Belle

Maxine had been called a lot of things in her lifetime but never a Southern Belle! The title simply did not fit with her lifestyle or the history of her people in America. As she sat in a hotel bar in Hong Kong China surrounded by colleagues from around the world Maxine was surprised to hear herself described in such a way. She didn't know whether to be insulted that the history of her people was so poorly known that a black woman from the south was referred to as a Belle or to be amused. She ch...See More