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Life in the fishbowl

Congratulations to Shela Linton! Tremendous writing about a special person.

I loved Shela's fishbowl concept. [“A fish doesn't know the concept of water. (...) Racism is always present, like the water in the fishbowl. People are so entrenched in it - and the privileges it affords white people - that many who thrive in the fishbowl don't see the water, Linton said.”]

Many concepts fit with this analogy: race, health, mental health, wealth.

Thank you, Shela, for taking back the term “troublemaker.” Wow!

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