Self-determination-to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
I changed my name during high school. I changed my name again, years later. I enjoy explaining who I am beyond the label given to me or about me. I enjoy creating my expression through writing and sharing my opinions about how I perceive stuff through my own personal lens. From my personal lens, I don't see a box that I must fit in. I see a path that I am not completely free to walk toward but encourage others to endure and walk toward self-determination.
My grandson called me a subliminal racist. I take this to mean that I have suppress my hatred of raced white into political activism focusing on race..the African-Americans. Which supports my theory that I am not a racist, but that I have a heighten awareness of my surrounding when it comes to those who pretend that all is right in America.
My grandson wants me to pretend that race does not matter. I must speak about us.
Libation for Johnny Cochran-attorney
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