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Vanessa Obi
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I am black because I come from the earth’s inside Take my word for jewel in your open light.
“The less we understand a group in society--the less we bother to learn--the more misconceptions and worries we have.”
― This Book Is Gay
― This Book Is Gay
“Sexual assault must simultaneously be terrible and be something you're able to accept--which is an impossibly hard thing to negotiate.”
― Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
― Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
“The electrified fence of segregation and the centuries of shocks it delivered so effectively circumscribed the lives of American blacks that even after the current was turned off, the idea of climbing over the fence inspired dread.”
― Hidden Figures
― Hidden Figures
“[S]ince I became a woman, boys were gonna follow me around more often, 'cause they could follow the trail of stars that fall from between my legs after dark.”
― Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
― Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
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