Thank you for this eloquent description of "the haze".
"It’s a privilege to be able to exist in your own body without the constant haze of racism hovering overhead. I am finally free to live my life with more mental and emotional space to seek out joy, safety, peace, and a softness I was never able to access while living in my country of birth."
I am a privileged white woman striving to understand the never-ending dailiness of racism and what we squander as a country by blocking out the space and creativity consumed by survival in a racist society.
I feel such relief for you - I'm caucasian and the daily outrages of trump's regime make me want to leave and just breathe. I'm 75 so probably won't, but the haze you so eloquently described - I'm sad that's built into our nation's fabric. I am privileged that it's not my state of being, and I don't want it to be anyone else's either. Maybe the dictatorship will awaken all of us to fighting for something different from our obliviousness to the oppression many endure every day.
What a shame to have to leave your country to be able to feel so much better. Congratulations on braving such a move and recognizing the better you feel and why.
Thank you for your honest, un-hazed thoughts. Americans need to know about this as a reality. And that it is something that CAN be changed. America is the loser for your move. I am deeply sorry that becoming an ex-pat is your solution but so very happy that you have life outside of the haze. Wishing you happiness and good health!
Thank you for this eloquent description of "the haze".
"It’s a privilege to be able to exist in your own body without the constant haze of racism hovering overhead. I am finally free to live my life with more mental and emotional space to seek out joy, safety, peace, and a softness I was never able to access while living in my country of birth."
I am a privileged white woman striving to understand the never-ending dailiness of racism and what we squander as a country by blocking out the space and creativity consumed by survival in a racist society.
that was powerful. thank you.
I feel such relief for you - I'm caucasian and the daily outrages of trump's regime make me want to leave and just breathe. I'm 75 so probably won't, but the haze you so eloquently described - I'm sad that's built into our nation's fabric. I am privileged that it's not my state of being, and I don't want it to be anyone else's either. Maybe the dictatorship will awaken all of us to fighting for something different from our obliviousness to the oppression many endure every day.
What a shame to have to leave your country to be able to feel so much better. Congratulations on braving such a move and recognizing the better you feel and why.
But do you ever get concerned about PM Georgia Meloni and her right-wing Brothers of Italy political party?
Thank you for your honest, un-hazed thoughts. Americans need to know about this as a reality. And that it is something that CAN be changed. America is the loser for your move. I am deeply sorry that becoming an ex-pat is your solution but so very happy that you have life outside of the haze. Wishing you happiness and good health!
It is our sin that you had to leave, just to be yourself in yourself.