Florence

“Seviyorum seni ekmeği tuza banıp yer gibi
geceleyin ateşler içinde uyanarak
ağzımı dayayıp musluğa su içer gibi
ağır posta paketini, neyin nesi belirsiz,
telaşlı,sevinçli,kuşkulu açar gibi,
seviyorum seni denizi uçakla ilk defa geçer gibi.
İstanbul'da yumuşacık kararırken ortalık
içimde kımıldanan bir şeyler gibi,
seviyorum seni "Yaşıyoruz çok şükür!" der gibi.”
― Nâzım Hikmet, Son Şiirleri (1959-1963): Şiirler 7

“If you live in this system of white supremacy, you are either fighting the system of you are complicit. There is no neutrality to be had towards systems of injustice, it is not something you can just opt out of.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“To refuse to listen to someone’s cries for justice and equality until the request comes in a language you feel comfortable with is a way of asserting your dominance over them in the situation.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Disadvantaged white people are not erased by discussions of disadvantages facing people of color, just as brain cancer is not erased by talking about breast cancer. They are two different issues with two different treatments, and they require two different conversations.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race