Slavery was the root of all struggle. For it was said that the factories enslaved the hands of children, and that child-bearing enslaved the bodies of women, and that rum enslaved the souls of men. In that moment I understood, from that
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“Our lives have no meaning, no depth without the white gaze. And I have spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books. —Toni Morrison, American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor”
― Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
― Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit
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