Black And Educated Quotes

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Imani Perry
“The driver's gentility, despite the fact that he could have, could still, string me up without the world flinching? That toothless smile that could easily accompany either mirth or murderousness, depending on the eyes? This is what Black folks mean when we say we prefer the Southern White person's honest racism to the Northern liberal's subterfuge. It is not physically more benign, or more dependable. But it is transparent in the way it terrorizes. You never forget to have your shoulders hitched up a little and taut, even (and especially) when they call you 'sweetheart.' Cold comfort.”
Imani Perry, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

“The black and brown communities will suffer the consequences of the AI system more than any other community.”
Kathy Greggs , The Mother The Soldier The Activist