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“He took responsibility for everything that happened to him- a burden I cannot imagine and an illusion of control that must have been crippling.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“The world, these white institutions are racist. How do you accept that reality and not let it take your power from you? How do you stand tall in those moments when white women speak down to you, without becoming as small as they want you to become?”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“I saw that learning how to love myself was my salvation, a rebellious act of refusing to believe I was what white institutions or Papa had wanted to reduce me to. To love myself was to accept myself as I am and to live in away that honored my feelings, aligned with my values and trusted my senses even when the outside world wanted me to doubt or shrink myself. Therapy became a place not for repair but for the formation of a relationship with someone who helped me see that I am already whole.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“A man who forces you to prove your worth is a man incapable of seeing it,”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“I want you to really think about why you’re going. I want you to reconsider. What do you need right now? What support would you have there? What are your reasons for going?
It was an alien line of questioning: so much “me,” so much “I”. There was not supposed to be an “I” when thinking about our family. Besides, what kind of daughter demanded space from her parents at a time like this?”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
It was an alien line of questioning: so much “me,” so much “I”. There was not supposed to be an “I” when thinking about our family. Besides, what kind of daughter demanded space from her parents at a time like this?”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
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