Karla G.

“I have noticed several times that people don't think I know how to behave even when I'm trying as hard as I can.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking

“Toni Morrison uses the term race talk to capture 'the explicit insertion into everyday life of racial signs and symbols that have no meaning other than positioning African Americans into the lowest level of the racial hierarchy.' Casual race talk is a key component of white racial framing because it accomplishes the interconnected goals of elevating whites while demeaning people of color; race talk always implies a racial 'us' and 'them'.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“Write at the edges of the day.”
― Toni Morrison

“so you protected yourself and loved small”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved