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White women usually complimented me on my hair when I wore it straight and Black women complimented me when it was coiled. I’m sure there was a philosophical conversation in there waiting to be unpacked.
“Got no business all up in my man’s face. Stay in a child’s place.”
― The House of Eve
― The House of Eve
“Black farmers never got their forty acres and a mule, the promised reparation for their years of enslavement and the wealth their stolen labor had created for this country.”
― 107 Days
― 107 Days
“do. Has he ever stopped to wonder why being a mom actually is the hardest job in the world and not just something thoughtless people say? It’s because there’s never a day off—not just a day, but an hour, not so much as a minute. Is she sick? Is she feeling under the weather? Too bad! There’s no one to cover”
― Cutting Teeth
― Cutting Teeth
“Life comes at us fast. Responsibilities, kids, opportunities—it all rushes at us with projectile force.”
― Before I Let Go
― Before I Let Go
“I’m sorry, I really have to go,” Griff says.”
― Cutting Teeth
― Cutting Teeth
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