Yeah

... not safe in this dynamic is the connection, maintaining that connection.

Those are more personal.

Of course, systemic is, you know, people of color operating in this world, uh, with colonial histories, with capitalist and racist systems.

There's a level of compliance that you have to, uh, sometimes put on for survival that is j- just even outside of connection, just survival physically.

You also learn to move through certain spaces where you mute your need because there isn't a space around to hold that.

Mm-hmm.

With let's say a group of women friends, but also here with me.