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“Oppression Olympics is what smart liberal Americans say to make you feel stupid and to make you shut up. But there IS an oppression olympics going on. American racial minorities - blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Jews - all get shit from white folks, different kinds of shit but shit still. Each secretly believes that it gets the worst shit. So, no, there is no United League of the Oppressed. However, all the others think they're better than blacks because, well, they're not black.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“this is what happens to people when they spend their entire life inside books + never come out: real life starts to grate by comparison.”
― City on Fire
― City on Fire
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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“If it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.”
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“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
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Literary Fiction by People of Color
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— last activity Jun 28, 2026 07:53AM
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
— 26980 members
— last activity 2 hours, 27 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine
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— last activity 46 minutes ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
Mocha Girls Read
— 7078 members
— last activity Jun 22, 2026 12:48PM
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
Rebel Women Lit
— 142 members
— last activity Mar 03, 2020 09:36PM
This is a book club dedicated to reading books by queer, black, and non-white/male authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, hi ...more
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