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Small talk got me the wrong sandwich

A hand holding a delicious sandwich with the ocean in the background.

Lived experience

Small talk got me the wrong sandwich

Midlife paradoxes

A slouching troubled, only slightly chubby, clean-shaven man in his 20s wearing a t-shirt and a baseball cap stares hopelessly into the distance to the left. Back to back is his future self: an upright, strong, vibrant, happy, 40-year-old dark bearded man wearing a flannel shirt and a ranger hat smiles, radiating health and contentment.

Lived experience

Midlife paradoxes

Reared by racists

A young African man and a young European man high-fiving, their other hands forming fists in celebration. In the background, a crowd of ancestors jeers angrily, creating a tense atmosphere.

Lived experience

Reared by racists

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