By Frances Bryce, July 30, 2020 — I remember my mom talking about in the South, Black women who took care of these White kids and they called them by their first name, and when they grew up, the white kids grew up, they called them “Aunty” or “Uncle.” They were never “Mr.” or “Mrs.” And so there was a religious group that came around and came to the door my mom said, and they said you know “Miss” or “Mrs.” So she called somebody to say, “Come and hear somebody address us other than as ‘Aunty’ and ‘Uncle.’ You know, you play with these kids, and then you get old enough,” she said, “and then you’re supposed to call them “Miss” and “Mrs.” And then they call you “aunty” and “uncle.” Never “Mr.” or “Mrs.” That was customary in the South.
