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“As a self-proclaimed loud Black woman, I long for the day when my loudness doesn’t have to be armor that protects me from the fiery darts of white supremacy. I long to just be.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“In the advocacy circles I run in, we talk a lot about going where you’re celebrated and not merely tolerated. We talk a lot about identifying and leaving places where you are unable to flourish. We talk about divesting from unjust systems, decentering whiteness, and decolonizing our minds. I don’t think we talk enough about the losses that come with doing those things.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“The losses that I have experienced on this journey of finding my voice have been just as instructive to me as the books I’ve read, the seminars I’ve attended, and any other means of knowledge acquisition I’ve engaged in. The difficult road I traveled has led me exactly where I needed to be exactly when I needed to be there. I don’t know if I will ever stop grieving certain losses, but I do know that those losses and their accompanying grief are tools I have used to stage my own liberation. You can use the ashes you hold from your grief to paint a beautiful picture of life and liberation.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“This is the essence of liberation: being seen in the fullness of who you are and being free to love and express yourself in a way that brings light and life to others.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
“Anything that purports to be freedom but only belongs to a certain group or can only be attained by amassing power over other people isn’t freedom.”
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
― I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You
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