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In Africa we have a saying that one who is raised by grandparents knows deep culture.
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“Joyce is right about history being a nightmare—but it may be the nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
― Notes of a Native Son
― Notes of a Native Son
“the betrayal of a belief is not the same thing as ceasing to believe”
― Notes of a Native Son
― Notes of a Native Son
“To have dominion over oneself, to be the sovereign of the nation of the self, one must be the writer of the story.”
― The House of Being
― The House of Being
“Jim Crow wasn't nothing but slavery, wrapped up in a nice little gift card." -Rev. John Kennard”
― Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
― Those Who Saw the Sun: African American Oral Histories from the Jim Crow South
“Writing is a way of creating order out of chaos, of taking charge of one's own story, being the sovereign of the self by pushing back against received knowledge and guarding the sanctity of the dwelling place of the imagination, that place of first permission.”
― The House of Being
― The House of Being
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