Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
“I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian.”
“I was too thin. I was working all the time, not eating at home. Spaghetti bolognese on planes. Ugh. Now most of my meals I cook for myself with organic ingredients.”