“When I was five, I met my doppleganger. She had my name, my blond hair, and my tumbling way of speaking.”

At first, seeing colors evoked confusion, and then, later, a name: synesthesia.

Kernels of wisdom to hold with you throughout the remainder of 2021, provided by Lorin Jackson, Swarthmore’s previous Black Studies Librarian.

“Whatever it is, the socio-political legacy of 2020 will be something. It will affect our lives and it will affect our kids’ lives. But just like 9/11, that memory too will fade.”