Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"I learned enough to name my rage about injustice when I was about 12 years old. Over the next ten years, thanks in part to the writers I read, I began to see rage as undirected power. And in the decade since then, I've practiced directing my power toward living well despite the status quo. My church's statements this week don't convert me to passive optimism. They drive me to keep working with the willing, whatever the institution chooses at this late stage.

"I keep living, despite a culture telling me lives like mine don't matter. I keep worshiping, despite church workers who teach that my kind of human being is ineligible for its membership, clergy, and kingdom. I keep working and creating, despite an economy stacked in hiring and in business development against people with my profile. I keep on keeping on because there's no other viable option: I will not yield to genocide or suicide; I will live and live well."

-- Keisha E. McKenzie (@mackenzian), 2014-12-12