“What we heard all the time is that you were not working. That's what was said, that that degree of yours was just a piece of paper sitting, silently… - Tsitsi Dangarembga

People who fear greatly can sometimes substitute themselves for the thing they fear

Christine has that layer under her skin that cuts off her outside from her inside and allows no communication between the person she once believed she could be and the person she has in fact become. The one does not acknowledge the other's existence.

The racism in England was not so institutionalized. Well, it was institutionalized, but then it was so efficiently realized that it didn’t need institutions, if you understand what I mean. In England, it was much easier not to be affected by it to that extent because my parents were students and people were somewhat respectful.