You Are Not a Deficit

I hope to teach you so much of what my father taught me, but i pray that you live in a radically different world than the one he and i have herited. It will be the omissions, rather than the direct affronts, that often do the most damage. You come from the lineage of those who built this country. Use everything that you accrue to reimagine the world. Do not for a moment think you cannot change what exists. This world is a social construction. It can be reconstructed. I tell you these things because i know how strong and resilient you will be"