Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling. - Trevor Noah

I became a chameleon. My color didn't change, but I could change your perception of my color. If you spoke Zulu, I replied to you in Zulu. If you spoke to me in Tswana, I replied to you in Tswana. Maybe I didn't look like you, but if I spoke like you, I was you.

I could champion racial justice in our home, or I could enjoy granny’s cookies. I went with the cookies.

That, and so many other smaller incidents in my life, made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people. I