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| Our Color, Our Gender, Our Creed
Janet Kuypers 1/21/19 (on Martin Luther King, Jr. day) There is a house inside of me. It’s a house with a rich heritage brimming with the knowledge of how our souls have flourished, and about how it all can be so quickly taken away. There is a house inside of me that has had to shut down to hide everything away, because those who didn’t look like me decided that I was nothing, and treated me accordingly. There is a house inside of me. It’s pulse has an infectious rhythm that we’ve had to stifle, to hide from your generic white bread world; we only let it out when we’re alone, to save us from your madness. There is a house inside of me. I’ve hidden it away, I’ve sealed it up and placed it deep within, brimming with my history and my future, and I don’t let it out when people can’t think of me as human. There is a house inside of me. I’ve put boards over the windows to save myself from your storm. With your wrath, I’ve learned to not fight back — only because my captor won’t listen. There is a house inside of me. And this house will stand strong even after you have raped me, beaten me, tortured me, tried to kill me, treated me as nothing. But you were so wrong. There is a house inside of me. And what you don’t realize is that this house will outlast yours. Trust me. If your house was built on distrust and such blatant disrespect, your house is bound to collapse. Because after all this time, and after my wanting to fight, I have learned that passive resistance is only part of my story. Because in these struggles I have gained a wisdom and a connection that is beyond this house inside of me, beyond this sharing, this inquisitive mentality. So I want you to remember, this house is a symbol for all like me, and for those not like me too. Because, I have a dream that everyone who has suffered like this — and even those who have not — should share their stories with all of the world, no matter our color, our gender, our creed. This is my dream. Because this is how we truly grow. |
