“Make them pay you what they would pay a white man.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“The rent eats first.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“The smell of Black & Milds evokes a nostalgia for the hoodrat childhood of which I was robbed.”
― The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
― The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
“There is music blasting from Ayoola's room, she's listening to Whitney Housten's I Wanna Dance With Somebody. It would be more appropriate to play Brymo or Lorde, something solemn or yearning, rather than the musical equivalent of a pack of M&Ms”
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
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