Black Boy Joy Quotes

“My skin absorbs the sun's rays
and my hair defies gravity.

You can’t tell me I’m not supernatural.”
― Anan$i

“A black man who lays claim
to his unadulterated knowledge
of self comes second only to God.
A black woman who knows
her worth comes second to none.”
― Anan$i

“I imagine us in Eden—
two black boys in Paradise,
naked, no fig leaves.
Adam and Eve are long gone,
so Kieran and Michael
inherit the garden
and the serpent is forgotten
and the fruit on the tree of knowledge
has gone rotten.”
― Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo”
― Dean Atta, The Black Flamingo

“Besides, the only reason
I want to make this is for that first scene anyway: the little black boy
on the bus with a toy dinosaur, his eyes wide & endless

his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there.”
― Danez Smith, Black Movie