“Being disruptive and saying the thing that needs to be said is like training for a marathon or lifting weights: It’s not that it gets easier, but you get stronger.”
that went viral, in which I told my story of what it’s like to move through space as a Black woman, of being a mother to a Black son. And that article resonated with Black people who were like, “Finally, my experience is on the page.” And many white people were shocked and had never considered that there was another experience out there. And in that moment, I knew I have to write this book, I have to tell my story, and I have to do it with historical context and also a call to action.
I think to your point, the people who need to read this book, most and many books, are the ones who will probably never pick up this book, will read an excerpt or something and create an idea in their head about what this is and never go any further. And honestly, let’s break it up into thirds, right? Let’s say that third is not a third that I will capture and may never change. Then there’s the middle third, which is absolutely my audience.
Yes. I hope so too.
Well, so I also take antidepressants. I started taking antidepressants during this period. So, it’s not just running, it was also therapy and medication. But with the way that antidepressants work is you begin taking them, you don’t feel the effects immediately. It takes three, four weeks to get into your bloodstream. And I describe the experience of running in the same way. That, initially, I would go for a run, I would feel good during a run, and then, I would not feel good afterwards.
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