Oct 15, 2018
Parting the Sea, and Why the White Cane is a Symbol of Power, Not Helplessness
I felt that whipping out the white cane would irrevocably launch me into the kingdom of the blind, and, for many years, I did not want to go there.
When you give birth to a life, you are also giving birth to a death.
“I never knew my not looking like or having the accent of my father’s people would save my life.”
I grew up in the in-between: white, Hispanic, a pigment of mixtures that blended unevenly.
