He was proud of my desire to get more education, yet he lived in a prison of disbelief in his own worth. Therefore he doubted mine too. That he could believe that a white kid was smarter than me because he stepped over a puddle proved how little he believed in black intelligence and how much he bought the lie of white superiority.
That really helps to process the relationship with my father, who was the “muscles” in our family.
2 questions:
What do to have to prove in 2019
What do I have to still disprove?
