Victoria

“No one can live up to the standards set by racist stereotypes like this that position Black women as so strong they don’t need help, protection, care, or concern. Such stereotypes leave little to no room for real Black women with real problems. In fact, even the most “positive” tropes about women of color are harmful precisely because they dehumanize us and erase the damage that can be done to us by those who might mean well, but whose actions show that they don’t actually respect us or our right to self-determine what happens on our behalf.”
― Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

“America loves the myth of a meritocracy more than anything else, because it lets us ignore the reality of the impact of bigotry.”
― Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“But what shall I do when instead of a heart this fear is beating in my body?”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena