Lisa C. Ravensbergen - Thought #10 - A Little Sand for the Oyster Shell

A White-presenting man recently asked me if I knew who I was after he heard that I'm of mixed ancestry. This settler then told me who I was as an Indigenous woman (which is one of my favourite things, by the way). He was reassured that I already know who I am and more: he seemed to feel... affirmed. It's one thing to (re)claim something that's been taken away by Another; it's a completely different thing if that same Something's been usurped by another part of one's Self.