Slavery was SO MUCH worse than people imagine.

I wrote my dissertation on slavery and it is incredibly traumatizing. In grad school I had to dramatically shift my entertainment habits to cope. No more dramatic or realistic shows and movies. Just escapism.

Slave narratives, accounts of lynching, civil war aftermath...brings me to tears still.

Honestly, slave economics was one of the worst parts for me.

Imagine someone buying you on a payment plan. Imagine someone using you as collateral for a loan. Imagine getting repossessed.

It was a whole other level of dehumanization for me.

Y'all always gotta make it weird. Why y'all gotta make it weird?