𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 ? You know my eldest brother passed away two months ago. He was 55 years old. And that's young, you know ? And my brother before that, he died at 49. And now I'm the only brother left, and I'm 33 years old. You know, when people were talking about the life expectancy of our mob, my eldest brother would say, these whitefellas, they think we die because of disease and chronic illness, alcoholism, drugs, violence, suicide, you name it, but none of that, none of that matters. It's all bullshit. Because our mob dies from a broken heart. And everytime we bury one of our loved ones way before their time, we are constantly reminded about everything our people have gone through. And until we're ready to tell that story and speak that truth in this country, our mob will continue to die way before their time. And I'm tired of burying my family.
THE NEWSREADER (2023) — 2.04 “The Hungry Truth”
