Everyday living itself constitutes a form of resistance against extremism

Evidence

I became interested in subtler forms of resistance, ways of fighting that are not as easy to notice. Preserving your way of life amid extreme situations is also a vital struggle. That can mean continuing to live in your house, going to work, seeing your friends, dancing, playing sports and music, being as free as you know you deserve to be. It can also mean loving who you want, no matter who that person is, and keeping your family together. — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 14

Categorization

• DEFINE: Redefines ‘resistance’ to include unglamorous acts of ordinary living, not just protest and armed struggle.
• XREF: Connects to the four narratives’ unifying thread — basketball, love, family preservation as resistance. — connects to: A guerrilla’s power rests in incarnating the whole people’s resistance; Sports and politics can be integrated spheres of Muslim resistance; The colonized turn a passive cultural element into a taboo weapon of resistance — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 165 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Alexis Okeowo, A Moonless, Starless Sky, 14

Broader Connections

• Sports and politics can be integrated spheres of Muslim resistance #exemplifies (0.70)
• Oppressed people maintained a continuous, dignified resistance throughout history #corroborates (0.65)
• The colonized turn a passive cultural element into a taboo weapon of resistance #exemplifies (0.60) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 165