Donation

(About 10 students gathered around my desk before school)
(There is a Black Male Student (BMS), Black Female Student (BFS), White Male Student (WMS) and White Female Student (WFS) that are the focal point of this interaction)

BMS:  "Mrs. A, do you have a quarter I can have?  I would say, 'borrow', but I'm not going to give it back."
Me:  "For what?"
BMS:  "It would be a donation to the National Negro Fund."
Me:  "That doesn't exist."
BMS:  "It does!  It's how I get a pop tart."
Me:  "Ok, what do I get for my donation of a quarter to the National Negro Fund?"
BFS:  "Ha!  You should get your Black Card renewed."
WFS:  "And, she should get some grape Kool-Aid."
BFS:  "NO!  You don't get grape Kool-Aid for a quarter, you have to give way more to the National Negro Fund to get that!"
WMS:  "For a quarter, she should get pork rinds."
Me:  "Ok, so for a quarter, I get my Black Card renewed and pork rinds.  What do I get for a donation of $.50?
BFS:  "You get a rapper."
WMS:  "You get a rapper and he will drink grape Kool-Aid in front of you, but you can't have any."
BMS:  "Perfect!"
Me:  "Sounds good.  What if I give $.75?"
BFS:  "You get a pair of Ikes.  They aren't Nikes.  Ikes.  Fake Nikes."
WFS:  "Yea, like the kind of shoes you get at the gas stations in the hood."
(momentary silence)
Me:  "Alright.  Now, what do I get if I donate a dollar to the National Negro Fund?"
BFS:  "You get a Baby Phat jumpsuit."
WMS:  "And a Cadillac Coupe DeVille."
BFS:  "Yea, but it doesn't have rims."
BMS:  "And it comes with four bricks so you can set it on the bricks in your front yard."
Me:  "Wow.  I may have to donate a dollar to the National Negro Fund."
WMS:  "I love coming in here in the mornings!"
BFS:  "I do too.  There is so much racism.  It's funny racism though..."
(momentary silence)
Me:  "That doesn't sound good."
BFS:  "No, it's not like we get offended.  We like talking about stuff like this."
BMS:  "Yea, it's good...(pauses for a moment)  Now...seriously...can I get a quarter?"

(All students laugh as the bell rings for first hour)
(Yes, I did donate a quarter to the National Negro Fund)
(I probably won't get the pork rinds)