Epiphany: Dont ever let oppression trick you into settling for less than youre worth - in work, love, or life. Im done with women getting paid less than men, brown people being passed over for promotions, and Africans still treated like second-class resources in our own countries, by foreigners (especially Americans) who forget were THE most educated immigrant group in their home country. Im done with being saved, being given opportunities, having my capacity built. Ive been carrying weaker, less capable, less qualified oppressors on my back for decades. I dont need to be lifted, I need to offload the dead weight, discard the baggage, straighten up, and WALK. Im done with my people being passive subjects in the oppressors narrative. Im done with gratitude. Im done with villainizing privilege. Shoot, Ive got some already -- I *know* what it feels like, and I want more of it. I reject tolerance. I demand respect. Im done with getting by. I want my sense of entitlement back. Its time we ALL got our sense of entitlement back. If we BELIEVED that we deserved, and WILL - not *could* - achieve even half of what we claim isnt currently within our reach, who would dare stop us? Who COULD? Sure, privilege is one helluva drug. But combination of conviction and self-entitlement? Thats one hell of an antidote, if you ask me. #RESIST
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:06:35 +0000
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