I watch her quietly for a while, her eyes closed but flickering as tears push their way through; I observe the disconnect between her attempting to mask her sadness and the over-ride of her body.

She apologises, and I tell her that she can cry here, that she can come here and cry. Continue reading →

Racial prejudice isn’t overt, it is not absolute. It sets a precedent to which there are exceptions, but within which sits a rule perpetuating a dichotomy – that a race of people may be stereotyped through such broad traits that they themselves will identify with this fallacy, and that those who do not exhibit such characteristics will be seen to have somehow transcended their nature, and may vilify those unlike them, while disowning their identity in an attempt to shed otherness. Continue reading →