All my life, he thinks, my best companions cannot speak the same language as me.
“Knowing about racism and being abused by its wrath were two different things. Mechanically, I followed my aunt to the bus stop that would take us back to our cage in North Philadelphia. Where it had been decided for us that it was where we belonged. Crammed together like pigs in a stall so tight, it was impossible to dream or breathe. Every single day we had to fight for food, for carfare. And this trip downtown had shown me that we even had to fight for what should have been free: our dignity.”
― The House of Eve
― The House of Eve
“I turned my fork over on my plate wondering why it was always my responsibility to worry over what grown men might be thinking.”
― The House of Eve
― The House of Eve
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