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I don’t have the energy to fight against white folks’ disbelief today.
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“When white people say something’s ‘not about race,’ it’s usually because it is and they don’t wanna talk about it.”
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The Legendborn legacy isn’t power; it’s violence.”
“It was indoctrination,” she says gently. “Affecting the other Legendborn kids more than you, obviously, but even you learned the history of the Order from people who grew up with a paradigm. Misinformation baked into mythology. It’s a classic strategy. Everyone is swept up thinking of themselves as the heroes, the romanticism of it all.…”
Wall of Ages and thick tomes of family records, has to face the all-too-common challenge of researching Black American family ancestry. Maybe they actually have the resources to track down my ancestors, but then again… maybe not. Enslavers never expected the descendants of the enslaved to be free enough to look back in time.
“Just trying to freakin’ pee. That’s it. But then we end up with Racist Thing One and Thing Two. What the actual fuck.”
When you die in service to the Order, instead of celebrating your life, they will brandish your death as evidence of their benevolent inclusivity.”
“There are many reasons to hide the truth from those you do not know. But when there is care between two people, and trust built, there is only one reason that lies continue: not fear of safety, but fear of judgment. Shame and guilt are powerful motivators. Not easily overcome.”
they kept it from turning into one of those ‘plantation venues’ white people book for weddings.” She wrinkles her nose in derision. “Getting married, right where we were butchered and assaulted, raped, whipped, and starved, families torn apart. Taking family photos on top of centuries of blood and death. Shit is fucking gross.”
be. This world wants my suffering, and I cannot keep giving it to them.”
