Aisha Harris

“Just think of all the myths predominantly white Western culture has been primed to believe in: Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of the New World, the origins of Thanksgiving, the Lost Cause, the American Cowboy, capitalism, the War on Christmas. Years, sometimes centuries later, what were once facts have hardened in the cultural imagination into something other than what they originally were, having morphed and become about as reliable as a phrase passed along in the midst of a game of telephone. They've become convenient tales of bravado and pride, frequently in service of upholding white supremacy.”
― Aisha Harris, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me

“Elder millennial Britney [Spears] is an extreme real-life example, but my generation at large, and the ones coming up behind us, are not okay in many ways. And a lot of us are talking more openly and unashamedly about it, even if -- or perhaps especially if -- it means having to call out the people who helped raise us.”
― Aisha Harris, Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me