This was a real pleasure to read (in terms of prose and not content, obviously). I'm gratified to see BuzzFeed make the jump to professional, long-form pieces.

Kudos to the author for the excellent writing, and to the Sheldons for sharing their story. Speaking as a white man who grew up 8 blocks from the apartment mentioned in the article, it's both surreal and saddening to learn how drastically different (meaning unfair) their lives were and continue to be.