I tell Mum she married a patriarchLook at it this way, Amma, she says, your father was born male in Ghana in the 1920s whereas you were born female in London in the 1960sAnd your point is?You really can’t expect him to ‘get you’, as you put itI let her know she’s an apologist for the patriarchy and complicit in a system that oppresses all womenShe says human beings are complexI tell her not patronize me
-Bernardine Evaristo
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