Dawn Turner

“It’s been eleven years. I can tell you when it all started. It was when I put Hannah in that private school. She was only there for second grade. Afterward, she went back to a public school. But he’s never forgiven me. It was like he saw me as a traitor, someone who no longer shared his values or dreams.” “You thought you were doing what was best for your daughter.” “Exactly. But after he saw me as a traitor, that was further validated when I stopped eating meat or if I asked him to read something and didn’t take his suggestions. It’s hard to live with someone who doesn’t like you. We both changed, but not together.”
― Dawn Turner, Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood