And if that is what people think when I speak on these subjects of injustice and racism, that’s not what really matters.
But I’ve come to realize that sitting aside and hiding in the corner and avoid being called performative, that doesn’t help anyone or anything.
And I think one of the most crucial parts to all of this is to talk to each other and to have these conversations and to have these uncomfortable conversations and to learn to unlearn, and to do the work.
And I keep trying to tell myself that this entire experience, what’s going on right now, was a blessing in disguise because, you know, maybe it can wake a lot of people up, and maybe it already has started to.