Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.
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Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.
The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive. "I don't understand this person. So they're crazy." That's bullshit. These people are not crazy. They strong people. Maybe their environment is a little sick.
If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.
Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.
I do not feel inhibited or bound by what I am. That does not mean that I have never had bad scenes relating to being Black and/or a woman, it means that other people’s craziness has not managed to make me crazy.
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