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“It's freedom we're seeking, after all; it's not a war or a board game in which we easily declare victory or defeat.”
― Imani Perry, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

“Black watching, worry, caution, are wise because what if the ones holding out their hands don't, in fact, shake yours warmly, but instead snatch you into snares? And you lose your balance, gone in an instant, like a fly in Venus flytrap.”
― Imani Perry, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

“Melancholy is part of social movement, as is restraint. They are companions. The work of organizing for freedom requires a management of rage that can break your heart. There is no good reason one should have to endure spittle and bombs, insult, dogs, and jail in order to achieve simple legal recognition.”
― Imani Perry, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

“One strange feature of Blackness is how often it is treated as static. Like Black just is as it will ever be. But displaced and misnamed people are ever evolving out of necessity. The truth is the condition is like waterways, blood vessels, circuits.”
― Imani Perry, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People