Thanksgiving is dead. The traditional holiday as we know it, Pilgrims and Native Americans eating turkey and pumpkin pie, is dead.
Get out of your bubble and out of your feelings. Being anti-racist is not for punks. Be comfortable with being uncomfortable. We’ve figured out how to live in this world with everything against us.
For the last 30 days, the coronavirus pandemic has me at home. I’ve cried and bargained and denied and grieved. And finally accepted this is what it is.
Perhaps let’s expect the best from people, not the worst. Let’s have good intentions and above all, be kind.
I first time that I saw Prince he was on my best friend’s wall. It was the afro. And those eyes. I was young, but I knew enough to know he was fine.
Any pro-longed small talk about the weather or traffic makes me want to gouge my eyes out. Or never talk to you again. But as it turns out, I am not alone.