Episode 11: An American Horror Story part 2, The only way out is through the fire #vivanabondans

When I graduated college, I would teach in public schools, the site of so much childhood trauma. I would learn very quickly that I would not be able to change the system from within and I would leave my job during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic after spending 4 years in classrooms across 3 different schools. All different, but one thing stayed the same: the indoctrination of young people into the cult of white supremacy and patriarchy.

In 2020, I would start writing and speaking and sharing about my experiences. I’d discuss the horrors of the American school system. Residential schools, the school to prison pipeline.

I would begin unraveling the violence of patriarchal family systems that I had grown up in which were designed to squash the individuality of a child like myself. Gendered violence, Christo-fascist belief systems, anti-blackness and classism.

I would attempt to build community with others, particularly other Black queer and trans Individuals in Amerikkka but soon find out that too many people were still heavily indoctrinated into white supremacy and patriarchy, thus excusing abuse.

I would talk about being abused at the hands of people I thought that I could trust, who I thought would protect me and take care of me, but refused to be accountable for their supremacist behaviors. I would learn exactly how this plantation system sought to tear families and communities apart. I would learn that shared identities and experiences were not enough to build community.

Every time I would speak up about the injustices I faced, I would experienced people both within and outside of my communities attempting to silence me, to call me crazy. People who weaponized state sanctioned violence against me because the truth was too hard for them to hear.

I would survive so much horror, go through the fire, and come out of on the other side…VICTORIOUS! More sure of myself and determined to confront these systems head on…starting at the ROOT.

I will never stop sharing my stories. I will continue to speak to those who choose to listen. I will continue to lift the veil. I was given the gift of introspection and a powerful voice for this exact purpose!

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