Dwight

“Frye uses the metaphor of a birdcage to describe the interlocking forces of oppression.16 If you stand close to a birdcage and press your face against the wires, your perception of the bars will disappear and you will have an almost unobstructed view of the bird. If you turn your head to examine one wire of the cage closely, you will not be able to see the other wires. If your understanding of the cage is based on this myopic view, you may not understand why the bird doesn’t just go around the single wire and fly away. You might even assume that the bird liked or chose its place in the cage.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“As I sit in a room with a bunch of frat guys, Phil walks in chanting ‘rotchie, rotchie, rotchie!!’ I ask . . . what that term means and I am answered with a giggle and a quick ‘it’s slang for nigger, like niggerotchie.’ . . . ” [Eileen]”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“It has told us about you,” Ahajas said as they carried Nikanj down to the lower corridors. Kahguyaht preceded them, opening walls. Jdahya and Tediin followed.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Dawn

“all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird