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But race is the child of racism, not the father. And the process of naming “the people” has never been a matter of genealogy and physiognomy so much as one of hierarchy.
“When was the last time something was bothering one of the kids or he was acting strange or he wasn’t sleeping or doing well in math or sharing nicely during free-choice time, and we knew why?” “Knew why?” Rosie said. “Knew why. Absolutely knew what was wrong and what should be done to fix it and how to make that happen.” “As a parent?” “As a parent.” “Never?” “Never,” Penn agreed. “Not ever. Not once. You never know. You only guess. This is how it always is. You have to make these huge decisions on behalf of your kid, this tiny human whose fate and future is entirely in your hands, who trusts you to”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
“John Dryden.”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
“Changes her mind?” Penn interrupted. “—because as soon as you take them off the hormone blockers, patients’ bodies proceed normally through their natal puberty.” “But.”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
“Then, when she’s older and ready for estrogen, it’ll work better because it’ll have less to overcome. Or if she changes her mind, we’ve done nothing that’s not reversible—”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
“We’ve been using these drugs for years,” Rosie the clinician explained, “to put a stop to what’s called Precocious Puberty. Sometimes we’ll see a little girl who has breast buds at six or a first-grade boy whose testes have already enlarged or who’s already sprouted pubic hair. These kids go on hormone blockers. The drug puts them on hold. It buys them time for everyone else to catch up. Then, when they reach the age of nine or ten, we take them off the blockers,”
― This Is How It Always Is
― This Is How It Always Is
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