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“Attaching work requirements to government benefits reflects a belief that social assistance is not a right of citizenship but a gift that its recipients must earn. It insists that poverty is not an accident of birth and social circumstances but a reflection of individuals’ bad choices or capabilities.”
― Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch
― Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch
“At the same time, the negative stereotypes and fearmongering surrounding these creatures felt eerily familiar to me as someone who’s grown up Black in a country where we’re assumed to be threatening, even when we’re just minding our business.”
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“I don’t know about you, but I want to do more than just survive. I want to live. I want my life to have purpose and meaning. I want to leave the world better than I found it.”
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“I learned that just because something is one way doesn’t mean it’s the right way, and it doesn’t mean it can’t change. I learned that you don’t need to change the world - you just need to change your small piece of the world.”
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“I pictured myself wandering around in the middle of the night, fearing no one, and being oblivious to causing fear...What does it feel like, I wondered, for a Black man to experience such a thing? Freedom? Bliss? Nothing at all? I do not know. I simply, for the life of me, cannot imagine it. Though Lord knows I've tried.”
― Magically Black and Other Essays
― Magically Black and Other Essays
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