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Black Hamptons 2: Gentrification

by Carl Weber (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 19, 2025 09:55PM

“One of the things that confirmed Hyacinth’s suspicion that America was an evil, lonely place was that people were islands unto themselves. And so when Avril drifted away, there was no friend or neighbor or pastor or coworker to reach out to and ask after her child.”
― Naomi Jackson, The Star Side of Bird Hill

tags: americans, loners, self-absorbed

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“One day you will see that what must be born will be born. Everything else will find another way.”
― Naomi Jackson, The Star Side of Bird Hill

tags: abortion, advice-for-women, obeah

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“Sometimes you got to lie on the outside to keep your voice loud on the inside. We don’t owe the master the truth. He owes us. Nothing comes from the master. He is the thief in the night. He steals it all. And every time we have to say ‘yes sir’ and ‘no sir,’ he steals some more. But we can survive it, if we stay loud in here,” she said, throwing a fist hard against her breast.”
― Jonathan Odell, The Healing

tags: slavery, survival

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