Belonging

I belong to you and you belong to me not because of the social construct of race, the social coloring of my skin, the size of my nose or lips, the shape of my eyes or the texture of my hair.  I belong to you and you belong to me not because of a shared […]

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Who Are “They”?

“They don’t want us here.” “You know how they are.” “You know what they say about ________ people.” They– the ominous, seemingly ever- present gender neutral plural pronoun that follows us through life. We include these social gatekeepers, an internalized inner circle of critics and pseudo sages of America’s many cultures in our conversations. Their […]

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