Notimetoread

“That's the problem. We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“My son loved working in the neighborhood," One-Fifteen's father claims. "He always wanted to make a difference in the lives there."

Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“We want freedom,' I say. 'We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give