That's wonderful - so much of our socialisation is indocrination, so how great that you were stepping outside the mold, in your conscious movement away from intergenerational patternsf abuse. - Aza Y. Alam

Jan 24, 2021

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…d unflattering names with our son, who would have enough to contend with as a Black boy in America. The last thing we wanted to do was reinforce negativity or the fetishization society places on Black bodies.

Fatso, Big Head and Other Names My Parents Called Me

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That's wonderful - so much of our socialisation is indocrination, so how great that you were stepping outside the mold, in your conscious movement away from intergenerational patternsf abuse.

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