Jakim

“Maybe that's why you demonised them,
turned them into monsters,

because you think monsters are easier
to understand than women who say no to you.”
― Nikita Gill, Great Goddesses - Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters

“I don't want people to think I mind being mistaken for African American. I don't. There are, however, many African immigrants in America who, to climb the social ladder, resist being categorized, by white people, with African Americans. Some even go so far as to claim superiority. This is not surprising. In America, the racial hierarchy has white at the top and black on the bottom. *We're not that kind of black,* I have heard a member of my own family--an uncle-- argue when a white person leveled a racism insult against him. Given this, is is also not surprising that there exists some animosity between the African immigrant and African-American communities.”
― Nadia Owusu, Aftershocks

“I read aimlessly, until I learned to read selectively, with a purpose.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“You always seek to control others when you are not in full ownership of yourself.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am