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“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.”
― Pippi Longstocking
― 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'.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“Black women were armed, black women were dangerous and the less money they had the deadlier the weapon they chose.”
― Jazz
― Jazz
“This is me being sad.
Maybe you think I'm being happy in this picture. Really I'm being sad but pretending I'm being happy. I'm doing that because I think people won't like me if I look sad.”
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Maybe you think I'm being happy in this picture. Really I'm being sad but pretending I'm being happy. I'm doing that because I think people won't like me if I look sad.”
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“Good for you. More it hurt more better it is. Can't nothing heal without pain, you know.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
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