Bee Reads

“Respectability politics completely overlook institutional racism and the ways in which the education system, the social welfare system, and the justice system only reinforce many of the problems the black community faces.”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn’t “Is this a potential friend for me?” but “Is this character alive?”
― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

“The hand squeezing the throat, and the throat itself too.”
― Sharma Taylor, What A Mother's Love Don't Teach You: 'An outstanding debut' Cherie Jones

“Hand at bowl, knife at throat” but Mama teach mi dat. Not everybody who offer yuh something is genuine. Dem give yuh a bowl of food wid one hand and draw knife at yuh neck wid the other.”
― Sharma Taylor, What A Mother's Love Don't Teach You: 'An outstanding debut' Cherie Jones