βPeople get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.β -Assata Shakur
No shade, donβt ever wanna hear βitβs not that deepβ when talking about anything race related/political. They gunning down kids over bottled waterβ¦
Human approval is unstable. Someone may praise you today and criticize you tomorrow, so it's wiser to anchor your life in deeper principles than in other people's opinions.