Dekera, this is one of the best things I've read all year. Period.
I love how you started with the historical context, and Mr. Douglass' powerful words. Magnanimous and cutting.
Your story is triumphant. The request was outrageous. The lack of compassion from someone who was a teacher is stunning. But this shows very well who you are and what you were willing to stand for. I admire your courage and I'm so happy you told this story. It will stick with me for a long time. Bravo!
This line at the end was beautiful:
"Our children must know that we are brilliant, as much as they know the collective pain we endured. That they come from intelligent, imaginative, creative, resilient people."
And thank you for reflecting what I felt. This was one of those twilight zone moments for me--where everything is upside down, and you feel like the strange one. I remember feeling that way a lot growing up. Sometimes racism can cause people to develop such a tough skin, that you feel like an idiot for responding to it.
Wow, thank you Camilo. I sincerely appreciate your words, and your reflection. I am grateful you took the time to read, to comment, and to give me detail on what resonated with you. I appreciate you, friend.
Goose bumps at your courage, your history, your strong knowing, your representation of your family.
This is SO beautifully written, Dekera. A testament to all the generations of your family and their way with oral and written word, and to the many ghat will be inspired forward by it.
Freedom is relative.
I had saved this on the July 4 weekend to "read later". I'm grateful to @camilo for putting it in his Curated edition.
❤️🙏🏾 Thank you so much for reading Karena. I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. And thank you Camilo for your thoughtfulness in including me in your curation. I really appreciate it.
Dekera, this is one of the best things I've read all year. Period.
I love how you started with the historical context, and Mr. Douglass' powerful words. Magnanimous and cutting.
Your story is triumphant. The request was outrageous. The lack of compassion from someone who was a teacher is stunning. But this shows very well who you are and what you were willing to stand for. I admire your courage and I'm so happy you told this story. It will stick with me for a long time. Bravo!
This line at the end was beautiful:
"Our children must know that we are brilliant, as much as they know the collective pain we endured. That they come from intelligent, imaginative, creative, resilient people."
And thank you for reflecting what I felt. This was one of those twilight zone moments for me--where everything is upside down, and you feel like the strange one. I remember feeling that way a lot growing up. Sometimes racism can cause people to develop such a tough skin, that you feel like an idiot for responding to it.
Wow, thank you Camilo. I sincerely appreciate your words, and your reflection. I am grateful you took the time to read, to comment, and to give me detail on what resonated with you. I appreciate you, friend.
I appreciate you writing this!
Camilo has great taste and in this case he’s right. What a great story all around.
I have goose bumps.
Goose bumps at your courage, your history, your strong knowing, your representation of your family.
This is SO beautifully written, Dekera. A testament to all the generations of your family and their way with oral and written word, and to the many ghat will be inspired forward by it.
Freedom is relative.
I had saved this on the July 4 weekend to "read later". I'm grateful to @camilo for putting it in his Curated edition.
❤️🙏🏾 Thank you so much for reading Karena. I really appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. And thank you Camilo for your thoughtfulness in including me in your curation. I really appreciate it.