This is a wonderfully enveloping story that easily draws the reader in very quickly. I appreciate how you put an asterisk on *white man and for the reasons you explain. I happen to agree and believe the colorizing of people limits our ability to see them, their past, their cultural experience. And yes they are all based on colonialistic constructs of ‘race’, people. Archaic and out of date. As if they ever were. It’s high time we evolve from them.
Also the thing about daily traumas, if you don’t have the luxury to stop and asses, heal oneself you don’t. You keep going. Sometimes it works out, sometimes, often it leaves invisible scars on the psyche that then affect one’s compass throughout life. It’s amazing that you were able to direct yourself in a way that worked healthily. I wasn’t. But a lot happened to me as well as around me. And even after years of moderate peace, more happened so there were many layers. It takes time to clean those out. Everyone does the best they can.
This is a wonderfully enveloping story that easily draws the reader in very quickly. I appreciate how you put an asterisk on *white man and for the reasons you explain. I happen to agree and believe the colorizing of people limits our ability to see them, their past, their cultural experience. And yes they are all based on colonialistic constructs of ‘race’, people. Archaic and out of date. As if they ever were. It’s high time we evolve from them.
Also the thing about daily traumas, if you don’t have the luxury to stop and asses, heal oneself you don’t. You keep going. Sometimes it works out, sometimes, often it leaves invisible scars on the psyche that then affect one’s compass throughout life. It’s amazing that you were able to direct yourself in a way that worked healthily. I wasn’t. But a lot happened to me as well as around me. And even after years of moderate peace, more happened so there were many layers. It takes time to clean those out. Everyone does the best they can.
Great story!