Jose Carvajal

“The kinship with African Americans that white people attempt to create from proximity might be termed false or fabricated kinship. This fabricated kinship is not based on a shared experience or even a shared sense of goodwill and connection. It is centered on and serves highly problematic white needs: the need to feel benevolence by granting the Other a condescending nod of acceptance and approval and the desire to attain “not racist” social capital, no matter how fleeting or trivial the encounter. “I accept you because I am in charge and I am not racist.”
― Robin DiAngelo, Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm

“Photos are important because happiness is remembered, not just experienced”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“Empowering communities builds collective resilience.”
― Sheryl Sandberg, Option B

“It has been found that bilinguals’ constant use of their different language practices strengthens the control mechanisms of the brain (the inhibitory control) and changes the associated brain regions”
― Ofelia García, Educating Emergent Bilinguals: Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners