Stefanie

“There is truly something to be said about the fact that you sometimes can't see yourself if you can't see other people like you existing, thriving, working.”
― George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue

“Not just a banker or a lawyer, but someone that everyone knew. It’s an important reminder of just how important it is for Black kids to see themselves in the subjects they learn and the people they learn it from. You sometimes don’t know you exist until you realize someone like you existed before. But white teachers were all I knew.”
― George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

“Anytime I’m dealing with something personally, I look to see which ancestor before me already discussed it. I don’t let their work dictate my every action, but I know that I am in a much better postion when I am informed by their work. I use my history as a tool to fight against my marginalization. The greatest tool you have in fighting the oppression of your Blackness and queerness and anything else within your identity is to be fully educated on it.”
― George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue

“In our society, a person's sex is based on their genitalia. That decision is then used to assume a person's gender as boy or girl, rather than a spectrum of identities that the child should be determining for themselves.”
― George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren’t Blue