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The native is harder to understand than a woman. The more you know him, the less you know of him. The key is not to let his savagery in. To wit, I never whip a native unless he deserves it. A dog and a native are on a par: one should give
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“The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.”
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
― Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
“She clung to her like macca bush”
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“I am weary of all our sad stories—not hearing them, but that we have these stories to tell, that there are so many.”
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
― Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
“She was never able, after her education in the movies, to look at a face and not assign it some category in the scale of absolute beauty, and the scale was one she absorbed in full from the silver screen.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being who needs food to live but cannot prepare that food to eat? Pathetic. In this case, it was an advantage. They weren’t interested in any food until it had been cooked for them.”
― Akata Witch
― Akata Witch
Rebel Women Lit
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— last activity Mar 03, 2020 09:36PM
This is a book club dedicated to reading books by queer, black, and non-white/male authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, hi ...more
Books & Boba
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— last activity Feb 15, 2026 11:14PM
This is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical ...more
SOULar Powered Afrofuturism Reading Group
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— last activity Nov 26, 2020 10:17AM
Thanks for dropping by!! SOULar Powered is a FaceBook-based reading group focussed on Afrofuturism and science fiction, fantasy, horror, magickal rea ...more
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