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I know damn well that none of them were from the neighborhood. Someone dropped them off so they could poach their candy from a decent and wealthy neighborhood.

The very first group of them came to my door and it was non-stop yapping: "Wuts kinds uh candiez ya gots?", "I doan likes dat stuff. Gots anythun bettah?", "Aw, man, you be rich! Gives us sum mo' candy!", "Watcha cookin' in dere? Smellz gooooooood!", "Dat yo car?", "How much yo house worf?", "I gots ta use da baffroom!"

There were about 10 of the budding criminals in that first group. The candy bowl I held out to them had enough candy in it for 30 kids. The black kids tore into it and they tried to grab handfuls of candy. I snatched the bowl away before they could empty it. They bitched, "Why ya do dat?" I told the ones that hadn't gotten any candy yet to get if from their friends. Then I shut the door. I definitely heard one of them say "Cheap ass mother fucker!" as they slinked off to lay siege to my neighbor.

I should mention that NOT ONE black kid ever said "Thank You". Not one. The white and asian kids, for the most part, said thank you and didn't try to bogart all the candy.