"From childhood, like many of us growing up in the U.S., she had been taught that if she got good grades, worked hard and did the right thing, she would prosper. But she learned from her family and the Black community that there were systemic factors and biases — often superseding merit and hard work — that determined who got to achieve material success and who didn’t. After all, Hersey was constantly working and still barely keeping the lights on."
~ Kelundra Smith
"The Power of Naps"
https://news.emory.edu/features/2023/07/emag-power-of-naps-13-07-23/index.html
"'The idea of connecting your worth to how much you get done and the socialization and brainwashing of grinding starts at birth,' Hersey says. “In ‘Rest Is Resistance,’ I talk about my son, and how the culture teaches us to ignore our bodies as children. Perfectionism is a tenant of white supremacy work culture. It has us all in a chokehold.”
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