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“Chef grunts. “Reason and law don’t mean much when white folk want their way.”
― P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout

“There were more than a few scientists who knew one little thing, and then thought that knowledge was universally applicable to every other problem, to the point of excluding or discounting information from people whose specialty was that other problem.”
― John Scalzi, The Consuming Fire

“There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.”
― Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys