Racism goes beyond the Oxfords dictionary definition of what it is. Its a power dynamic. Racism is a system of disadvantage based on race. Black people can’t be racist, since we do not stand to benefit from such a system. I didn’t stutter. https://t.co/jLXksWnqPP
Do you'll know that in Zimbabwe we study William Shakespeare. Charles Dickens. Jane Austen. Mark Twain. William Blake. William Golding. George Orwell. The Bronte sisters.
The same literature texts that you study.
To add icing on the cake, we also appreciate our own world recognised African giants in literature. Wole Soyinka. Chinua Achebe. Ngugi Wathiongo. Charles Mungoshi. Mariama Ba. Chimamanda Ngozie Adichi. Tsitsi Dangarembga. Yvonne Vera. Dambudzo Marechera. Too many to mention.
Don't ever, in your life underestimate what we can do with words.
-The bathroom floor is always dry.
-Your things remain the same way you left them.
-The peace and quiet to think and plan.
-You cook and eat whatever and whenever you like.
-Just being.
When people tell you they’ve gone no contact with their shitty parents, STOP retorting “But that’s your mother/father!”
Hayden’s mother didn’t even attend her memorial service but now has time to fight over her property. Some parents are their child’s biggest enemy