American history is so watered down, and not thoroughly taught, so many people are unaware of how many slave rebellions went on in America. There were a lot. Many slaves killed their masters and burned down those plantations to be free of bondage. Civility didn’t free them.
i'm naturally a loner. even towards my own family. i don't care to be in someone's face. i'm clingy when i love someone, but the distance i can give a person is unreal
The full quote is important.
"It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do" The distraction is in forcing us to prove we are good enough, civilized enough "objective" enough