Still, Batchelor got through the painful moment and year, in large part due to the nurturing she received from family and extended family members that went well beyond her residential neighborhood. However, the moment of decency and innocence was ruined when Batchelor was called the N-word for the first time by a little blond boy who she believed to have been about 7 or 8 years old, while walking outside with the host after the sleepover. Therefore, Karen Batchelor “pushed” on for the remainder of her ninth grade year at Arthur, and she even received an invitation to a sleepover from a classmate. Thomas Melvin Batchelor was a trailblazer in the medical field, and as his oldest daughter Karen Batchelor shared, he also was not afraid to "push the envelope" when it came to advancing social progress.Īs a couple, Batchelor said her father and mother, Alice Vivian Batchelor, a respected schoolteacher who spoke four languages, embraced opportunities to “push the envelope” for social change.
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