“The quality of mercy is not strained;
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
It blesseth her that gives and her that takes . . . ” *
Or not, as the case may be.
Reader Paul Hoffman points out that Hazel Bryan, the white girl, sought out Elizabeth Eckford to apologize:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history_lesson/2011/10/elizabeth_and_hazel_what_happened_to_the_two_girls_in_the_most_f.html
*Merchant of Venice, Act IV, scene 1. Gender modification with apologies to the Bard.