After reading (and talking to you about ) this blog post, Maha, I was reminded of it on my way into the office this morning, when I heard an NPR radio interview with the American poet, Nicki Giovanni, who read her poem, “Nikki-Rosa” which ends with these lines:
“and I really hope no white person ever has cause
to write about me
because they never understand
Black love is Black wealth and they’ll
probably talk about my hard childhood
and never understand that
all the while I was quite happy”
I’m not finding the podcast at NRP to link you (all) to, unfortunately, because in the interview Giovanni speaks directly to the Maha (your) idea of acceptance (as alternative to what Giovanni terms “revenge.”)