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“The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it’s a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America. When you are black in America and you fall in love with a white person, race doesn’t matter when you’re alone together because it’s just you and your love. But the minute you step outside, race matters. But we don’t talk about it. We don’t even tell our white partners the small things that piss us off and the things we wish they understood better, because we’re worried they will say we’re overreacting, or we’re being too sensitive. And we don’t want them to say, Look how far we’ve come, just forty years ago it would have been illegal for us to even be a couple blah blah blah, because you know what we’re thinking when they say that? We’re thinking why the fuck should it ever have been illegal anyway? But we don’t say any of this stuff. We let it pile up inside our heads and when we come to nice liberal dinners like this, we say that race doesn’t matter because that’s what we’re supposed to say, to keep our nice liberal friends comfortable. It’s true. I speak from experience.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."
[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
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[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
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“It’s like how I notice some girls have big boobs or shiny hair or knobby knees. Those things are okay to say. But the word fat, the one that best describes me, makes lips frown and cheeks lose their color.”
― Dumplin'
― Dumplin'
“Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“I’d rather spend the rest of my life without ever seeing you again,” he says, “than watch them destroy you because of me.”
― The Lost Girl
― The Lost Girl
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— 17 members
— last activity Jul 22, 2017 01:59PM
It’s my third year of hosting The Diversity Reading Challenge. I meant it as an easy peasy way for readers to dive into diversity while keeping up wit ...more
Into the Forest
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A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more
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— last activity Sep 06, 2020 05:01AM
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Keep It Diverse
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— last activity Apr 02, 2017 11:21AM
Diversity within books is so important, and this bookclub strives to read and discuss at least one diverse book each month! You can also find us at: ...more
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