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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author)

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The Afrominimalist's Guide to Living with Less

by Christine Platt (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for Everybody Loves Kamau! (The Real Thing collection)

Everybody Loves Kamau! (The Real Thing collection) by W. Kamau Bell

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When you are a person of color, sometimes you don’t want to think the color is affecting your life. Sometimes you want to hope that people are more focused on the person part of “person of color.” You want to believe, even though you know ...more

Heavy

by Kiese Laymon

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She Would Be King

by Wayétu Moore

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Nicole’s Quotes

“my love has been known to perform miracles.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada

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“But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact, most of the time there were simply ways, none of them quite wrong or quite right, and nothing to tell you for sure which side of the line you stood on.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

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“If someone gives you permission, they can take it away. I give myself permission.”
― Lucille Clifton

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“That’s when communication fails: when people start making assumptions. Don’t infer I feel something based on something I never said.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

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“When our partner is unable to meet our basic attachment needs, we experience a chronic sense of disquiet and tension that leaves us more exposed to various ailments. Not only is our emotional well-being sacrificed when we are in a romantic partnership with someone who doesn’t provide a secure base, but so is our physical health.”
― Amir Levine, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

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