Nefertiti Austin > Quotes

“To the white world we lived in, a hoodie plus a Black male was synonymous with danger.”
― Nefertiti Austin, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America

“Becoming a mother forced me to have hope.”
― Nefertiti Austin, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America

“Women of any race shouldn’t have to be superstars for our status as mothers to be respected, no matter what each woman’s path to motherhood is.”
― Nefertiti Austin, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America

“In order to become the mother I wanted to be, I had to develop true compassion for the parents I’d had.”
― Nefertiti Austin, Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America