Shyleen

“Every white person in this country-and I do not care what he or she says-knows one thing. They may not know, as they put, "what I want",but they know they would not like to be black here.
If they know that, then they know everything they need to know, and whatever else they say is a lie.”
― James Baldwin, The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings

“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.”
― Hannah Arendt

“Who taught you to hate yourself?”
― Malcolm X

“People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.”
― Octavia E. Butler