Connection to earlier pt about the perils of the MFA (& the doctorate): but you're made to feel as if you should apologize. All the time.
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At age 24, my reaction to being told that my story made people feel White was to go ask all my White friends to read it...
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"Am I racist?" Looking back, I marvel at how much I needed this validation, how unsure I was about my own voice & right to tell stories.
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If there's one regret I have, it's that I didn't know who I was, what I cared about, and what I had to contribute until my 30s.
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These days, my validation is internal, not external. This is recent for me. But I am here speaking my truth because I've counted the cost.
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Would have given anything in my teens or 20s for someone to tell me that I was OK. That I was sane, and needn't apologize for everything.
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I stay here, at the possible cost of the loss of mystique that characterizes professional advancement, because someone needs these words.
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Someone needs these words beyond whispers and closed doors, as if our truths are something to be ashamed of, while the lies are broadcast.
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To you, I say: hang in there. Trust your gut. Listen to that still, small voice deep within. You are not perfect, but you are human.
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And you are worthy of the work that you were put here to do.
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@Ebonyteach thanks so much for this.
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