Status Updates From There There

Silent book club except two girls who could NOT stop yapping were seated next to us

We didn’t have last names before they came. When they decided they needed to keep track of us, last names were given to us, just like the name Indian itself was given to us.

If you were fortunate enough to be born into a family whose ancestors directly benefited from genocide and/or slavery, maybe you think the more you don’t know, the more innocent you can stay, which is a good incentive to not find out, to not look to deep, to walk carefully around the sleeping tiger. Look no further than your last name.