The Thing Around Your Neck

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

made them think they had the right to protect their child from disappointment and want and failure. A sated belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one’s child were the exception rather than the rule.

she could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs.

plausible.

This idea that Africa and africans are a monoloth

let go.

Is the american dream real? Or just good marketing? Mix of both?