The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

by Dawnie Walton

Everybody deserves to know where they come from.

Survival skills. Some of us have them; some of us don’t. Now hold on, wait a minute—don’t go taking me out of context like the rest of these fools in your business used to! I’m not talking about blaming victims. I’m just saying that some of us are naturally stronger, better equipped to deal with the bullshit than others, and that’s the same as saying that some people are taller than others. Just fact, no judgment. And for those who are going through the tough times and don’t have that kind of strength inside them already? Well, that’s all right, because trust me: It can be learned. You just have to copy the right people, and the rest falls in place.

The beginnings of any new thing are so lovely.

Anyone who says they’re color-blind is a damn lie. But there is plenty of time between what you see and what you say. And their little comments, their trying to talk Black or whatever, to me that was them going out of their way to announce they were cool with me being there, cool with me participating in what they obviously believed was their scene.