What a burden it must be to feel the need to hang onto the past in that way. Imagine having so much (and most of us do), only to miss out on it because we are busy worrying about the past.
I think often about what my various ancestors went through and survived in order for me to be here today, and I am thankful. Living today as if one is experiencing the trials and tribulations of the past is a slap in the face to those who actually lived it. My abilities and skills are mostly in male-dominated areas, and I did live the antagonism and obstacles thrown my way in the 70's and later, yet I love watching young women and men today with opportunities wide open. I'm sad for those who lived through Jim Crow and who can't let go, and I don't judge them for the memories they carry.
"It is normal to keep historic slavery in the past, not to live in the slave past." Great line. The people who are the most oppressed, and making sure everyone else feels oppressed, are the least oppressed. Al Sharpton, Ben Crump Joyless Reid, and the cackling hens on The View, enjoy spewing the vomit of Blackness is Oppression. Nothing else matters. "The words we consume define our mental state." Absolute truth.
What a burden it must be to feel the need to hang onto the past in that way. Imagine having so much (and most of us do), only to miss out on it because we are busy worrying about the past.
Reminds me of George Schuyler…
I think often about what my various ancestors went through and survived in order for me to be here today, and I am thankful. Living today as if one is experiencing the trials and tribulations of the past is a slap in the face to those who actually lived it. My abilities and skills are mostly in male-dominated areas, and I did live the antagonism and obstacles thrown my way in the 70's and later, yet I love watching young women and men today with opportunities wide open. I'm sad for those who lived through Jim Crow and who can't let go, and I don't judge them for the memories they carry.
"It is normal to keep historic slavery in the past, not to live in the slave past." Great line. The people who are the most oppressed, and making sure everyone else feels oppressed, are the least oppressed. Al Sharpton, Ben Crump Joyless Reid, and the cackling hens on The View, enjoy spewing the vomit of Blackness is Oppression. Nothing else matters. "The words we consume define our mental state." Absolute truth.