“Whatever was given by Black peple to other Blacks was most probably needed as desperately by the donor as by the receiver. A fact which made the giving or receiving a rich exchange.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Whitefolks couldn't be people because their feet were too small, their skin too white and see-throughy, and they didn't walk on the balls of their feet the way people did - they walked on their heels like horses.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“We cannot have a wolrd of great environmentalism while we maintain the violence of whtie supremacy and racism.”
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“To tend the earth is always then to tend our destiny, our freedom and our hope.”
― Belonging: A Culture of Place
― Belonging: A Culture of Place
“Imagine letting some white woman rename you for her convenience.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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