BUDDHIST GUIDE TO MINDFUL LIVING
PROSTRATIONS OF AN ANGRY BLACK MAN
You asked me to bow.
I couldn’t.
You asked me to kneel.
I couldn’t figure out how.
And it’s not like I didn’t want to.
It’s just not in my nature.
I have the proper amount of respect for the process and the ritual.
And for you and for him.
It’s just a little problematic considering our history.
Our shared history.
And no, I can’t just “get over it.”
I can’t serve food to a random white person in public but I would love to
