Growing Up Black Quotes

“I was willing to disfigure myself in order to be deemed 'presentable' and 'pretty'. To be truly seen”
― Gabrielle Union, We're Going to Need More Wine

“In junior high, we run a mile every week and we're supposed to get faster each time. Logically, there has to be a point when this is physically impossible, but Coach West doesn't seem to think so.”
― Lisa Moore Ramée, A Good Kind of Trouble