Jessye

“I’m not going to downplay my strengths so you feel less shitty about your own shortcomings.”
― Iliza Shlesinger, Girl Logic: The Genius and the Absurdity

“While implicit bias is always at play because all humans have bias, inequity can occur simply through homogeneity; if I am not aware of the barriers you face, then I won’t see them, much less be motivated to remove them. Nor will I be motivated to remove the barriers if they provide an advantage to which I feel entitled.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“I need my friends to be interesting. To have vim and vigor.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“if I am not aware of the barriers you face, then I won’t see them, much less be motivated to remove them.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism