> Please don't be confused by African concepts of kinship and
friendship (highly
> practiced by african americans, i.e. play cousins, mom's,
neighborhood aunts,
> godfather's god mothers)
I LOVE this concept. First encountered it (in words) working with
young African American kids, referred to each other as cousins,
referred to an older woman they knew as Grandma. I didn't get it at
first, thought they were making it up, I guess, pretending. Until one
of them told me I was her Auntie in god's way. What an amazing
feeling, especially for someone like me who has no extended family to
speak of.
I realized at that point that people I have met around the world and
around the US are my extended family. I have a family in Italy, a
couple families in Brazil. have grandparents in Minnesota who, in the
two years I have known them are closer to me than any blood
grandparents I have will ever be.
==
"Yes.
I said it's fine before
But I don't think so no more
I've changed my mind. I take it back.
Erase and rewind."
-The Cardigans
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