I believe in my heart.
"Okay,” the young man challenged. “So what’s the answer?”
“There isn’t one,” I told him.
“No answer? You mean we’re just doomed?” He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke.
“No,” I said. “I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems."
"Okay,” the young man challenged. “So what’s the answer?”
“There isn’t one,” I told him.
“No answer? You mean we’re just doomed?” He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke.
“No,” I said. “I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems."
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I just realized that folx who saw the Parable of the Sower quote earlier may not know about Octavia Butler's 2000 Essence essay, in which, she recommends these strategies for navigating the future she predicted after a male journalist had the audacity to misquote her! 🔥 commongood.cc/reader/a-few...
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they often are looking for chosen ones and heroes and someone to come in and save the day. They think change is we win and then it's over. It is never ever over. I don't think a person of color would have answered "so we are all doomed" because we have been through multiple apocalypses.