Jamal Awil

← Doppelganger

A name can claim a survival pragmatism over loyalty virtue. [contrarian]

Besides, I’m not named after Ruth, the loyal one, worth seven sons. I’m named after Naomi, the one who did what it took to survive.

XREF: Reframes a Biblical figure (Naomi vs Ruth) in terms of pragmatic survival rather than traditional loyalty ethics.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 1148