aline-kazeWhisper

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10 things (version 1)1. you're entire family will one day consist of just one person - yourself. No one tells you this until after it happens. And when it does, everything that you thought you knew, doesn't make sense anymore. No man is an island until he becomes one. / 2. My dad used to say all of these really great things when I was a kid that I wish I could remember. I'll know my name when he calls it. I hope I will know. / 3. Am I supposed to consider myself lucky because I'm a first generation? Because my ancestors weren't stolen and sold? Because my parents chose to come here? Weren't deprived of their identity? Because they were educated? Am I allowed to grieve my peoples tragedies? Can I call them my people even though our great grandmothers didn't go through the same struggles? Some would say no.

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Apr 14, 2015

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