Danielle

“Dear good white people (you know who you are), I have a secret to tell you: There is no such thing. There are only white people who work to do good, just things. You are an ally because of your actions, not because you say you are. You're an ally when you call out racist comments, when you listen and learn, when you work in solidarity with people of color to dismantle institutional racism, when your efforts and actions are felt by others. Not just when you wear a safety pin.”
― Kate Schatz

“Directions to an Audre Lorde lecture take you to a cave. Audre hands you a torch and a sword at the entrance. The torch is for finding the hieroglyphics inside. The sword is for slaying ghosts and demons along the way. Audre's voice at your back is for pushing you forward.”
― Taisia Kitaiskaia

“Try listening, maybe. Hear what is being said. And remember that it’s not about you. American Blacks are not telling you that you are to blame. They are just telling you what is.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“Half the people I know have dead animals in their freezers: reptiles, birds, mammals. Is that normal?”
― David Sedaris, Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002