Carol-Ann

“That’s not to say that antiracist reformers have not made progress in exposing and burying racist policies over the years. But racist reformers have made progress, too. The outlawing of chattel slavery in 1865 brought on racial progress. Then, the legalization of Jim Crow brought on the progression of racist policies in the late nineteenth century. The outlawing of Jim Crow in 1964 brought on racial progress. Then, the legalization of superficially unintentional discrimination brought on the progression of racist policies in the late twentieth century.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

“Through body kindness, you will develop an internal compass for decision-making based on what’s actually helpful (as opposed to “good” or “bad”), what you care about most, and the kind of life you want for yourself. The universal body kindness question asks, Is this helping to create a better life for myself?”
― Rebecca Scritchfield, Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out—and Never Say Diet Again

“The first major debate between racists had invaded the English discourse. This argument about the cause of inferior Blackness—curse or climate, nature or nurture—would rage for decades, and eventually influence settlers to America.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

“Actually, assimilationists first used and defined and popularized the term “racism” during the 1940s.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America