How Easy It Was To Lie To

I Often Make The Mistake Of Thinking That Something That Is Obvious To Me Is Obvious To Everyone Else.

In America, Racism Exists But Racists Are All Gone. Racists Belong To The Past. Racists Are The Thin-lipped Mean White People In The Movies About The Civil Rights Era. Here's The Thing: The Manifestation Of Racism Has Changed But The Language Has Not. So If You Haven't Lynched Somebody Then You Can't Be Called A Racist. If You're Not A Bloodsucking Monster, Then You Can't Be Called A Racist. Somebody Has To Be Able To Say That Racists Are Not Monsters.

I Didn't Know I Was Even Supposed To Have Issues Until I Came To America

The Idea That Sex Is Something A Woman Gives A Man, And She Loses Something When She Does That, Which Again For Me Is Nonsense. I Want Us To Raise Girls Differently Where Boys And Girls Start To See Sexuality As Something That They Own, Rather Than Something That A Boy Takes From A Girl.

They Themselves Mocked Africa, Trading Stories Of Absurdity, Of Stupidity, And They Felt Safe To Mock, Because It Was A Mockery Born Of Longing, And Of The Heartbroken Desire To See A Place Made Whole Again.