"So we become a little like a stubborn child, asserting our independence by digging in and not moving." Some people look outside at the pool and hear the play

"So we become a little like a stubborn child, asserting our independence by digging in and not moving." Some people look outside at the pool and hear the play people call them racist terms. They get bullied into things they dont want. They try over and over, and they couldn't help the racist people be better. And the adults they went to for help laughed and joked about them. Saucy unfunny jokes that are going to stick with them for life, jokes that minimize their own stories. So they're exhausted. So exhausted. Some of them didn't even want to be authors, they said no to typewriters at garage sales, but still it didn't stop. But they won't give up. Life is wonderful and goes on for several more years. And the crappy part is people like that, who had a history of voting for progressive causes, lose a little empathy and trust. Because they said stop.