Not trying to make this a sob story, and since I'm coming from the position of power...whatever I guess.

I think in a roundabout way I'm trying to say colonialism, like patriarchy, hurts everyone.

One of the biggest revelations of moving to Los Angeles and outside the veeeeery monochrome Philly exurbs was the utter lack of joy in gathering my upbringing contained.

Like for real, white supremacists are fighting to preserve the lamest possible way to live.

I dunno, I just have felt culturally impoverished for a long time. If you're a certain flavor of white, it's literally religion and work and...that's it. Sports I guess? What a non-nourishing culture.

And planting roots is pretty tough when you are forced to fling yourself across the country for school and work, which is the situation for many of my contemporaries. To leave home is to give up many of those built-in connections and support systems.