Black Enough Quotes

“Your grandma used to always tell me that just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't successful. All things end at some point.”
― Justina Ireland, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

“Being in a shadow is never just as simple as stepping out of it. Shadows can camouflage a lot of things.”
― Leah Henderson, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

“Because it is the hardness of the floor, and the abrupt halt in momentum, and the unyielding nature of the surface, that causes a thing to crack. Even if it is not that thing's fault. And then we talk about this thing being broken, or it needing to be fixed, and not what part of the floor has played in the matter. Never the part about the floor being a constant threat. Even if it is a nice floor. Even if everybody wants one just like it.”
― Tracey Baptiste, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

“I dreamed of going to the most remote places on this earth to dig for old bones, older than people. Before humans and their stupid ideas. Before hate. Maybe even before love, too. Dinosaurs just existed. No lectures, no books, no language. No world-conquering Europeans and no defeated everybody else. Just those powerful, unrestrained creatures roaming the planet.”
― Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America