A married black man in Alabama learns just how much white men and women love his BBC. Looking back now, as a mature, married, African-American man, living in Dothan SE Alabama , I consider myself more fortunate than most. My name is Marcus, and I was born and raised here, and came of age in the s, when the population was around fifty thousand. Our parents both worked in a peanut processing plant, and they made sure that we studied and made good grades in school. I experienced some bigotry, being a black boy in the south, but not as much as many others. I showed myself to be a good athlete, starting in middle school, and that made me popular.