and so I come to isolation

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[Interlude: Taiye Selasi] And so I come to isolation Etymologically, isolation comes from "insula," which means island I-so-la-tion, isolation, which literally means to be islanded And somebody mentioned this to me the other day Actually my Cape Verdean hairdresser Because I asked her, "How do you say this word in Portuguese?" And she said, "Isolada," like an island Like you're-you're, you're islanded And I thought, that's exactly what I've been my whole life I've been islanded