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Markus Seaberry's avatar

You have great insight, this was a very interesting and necessary piece.

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George’s Cowboys and Angels's avatar

Beautiful ✌🏻

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

Thank you much!

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Lakeisha | Temple Priestess's avatar

I enjoyed this. Even though I was born and raised in MD (which I don’t consider the South), I was raised by grandmother, who was Southern. So some things I can relate to and other things I can’t simply cuz it wasn’t my experience. Most of my folk practice learning happened in the kitchen as opposed to on the land.

But I remember my grandfather taking me hunting in the woods near our house for rabbit. And my uncles fished all the time too. As a child, I loved having fried fish for breakfast.

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

Your grandmother brought the South with her and everything you're saying about your uncles prove that the essence of the South can be carried anywhere!

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Lakeisha | Temple Priestess's avatar

I clearly remember waking up at 4am to get ready to go fishing with them a few times with my cousins.

We would be out there for about 3-4 hours and would come back with coolers filled to the brim. My uncles and boy cousins would clean them. And me and my grandma would get things ready in the kitchen to fry them for breakfast. Good times 😚

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

Doesn't it feel good in your soul to recall that? Just think how healing it would be to go fishing again in honor of them

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ARC's avatar

Loved this. The GOAT August Wilson made the point that he feared we never should have left the land. That the separation had negative effects. Hard call tho with the brutality of the labor systems.

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!

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and now Miguel's avatar

Thank you, beautiful excerpt and excited about your work. So enriching to sit with these words. Was really nice to hear about your family how yall lived together and off the land. The intention of withholding knowledge of living from the land. 🙏🏽 intellectual and personal, love this so much! 💚

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

Thank you so much for reading!

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Leslye Joy Allen, Historian's avatar

Thank you for this.

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

You are very welcome! Thank you for reading it!

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