I feel like the dad in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” but instead of being able to trace the root of all words to Greek, I trace the problems of our society back to the patriarchy.
I don’t know if anything has ever affected white people the way Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars has affected them. Not the murder of civil rights leaders, not videos of cops killing Black folks, not January 6th.
A lady on the bus said, “Did you see the Gorillaz?” to a man, and my ears perked up because I saw Gorillaz when they came here. He said he had and then she said, “They’re my favorite. Did you see the giraffes?” Turns out he had just gone to the zoo.
Having ADHD is being in another room, happily doing something random, being like “Lalala! OH MY GOD, I HAVE SOMETHING ON THE STOVE!”
Anyway, it was only a little burned, and I’m fine.