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Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that awards them all the perks.
“[Scapegoating] blames societal ills on the groups with the least power and the least say in how the country operates while allowing the larger framework and those who control and reap the dividends of these divisions to go unchecked.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“But when you get home this evening, when this day is over and the night takes us, allow yourself a deep breath. Because we made it through this day as well.
There'll be another one along tomorrow.”
― Anxious People
There'll be another one along tomorrow.”
― Anxious People
“It is a measure of how long enslavement lasted in the United States that the year 2022 marks the first year that the United States will have been an independent nation for as slavery lasted on its soil.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“He had the self-assurance of most mediocre men. They told themselves the world was their oyster but never realized their oyster had turned rancid a long time ago”
― Razorblade Tears
― Razorblade Tears
“[My dad] says you end up marrying the one you don't understand. Then you spend the rest of your life trying.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
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