Amy Clevenger

“in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“Denial is the heartbeat of racism, beating across ideologies, races, and nations.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

“The example of a child publicly calling out a black man’s race and embarrassing the mother illustrates several aspects of white children’s racial socialization. First, children learn that it is taboo to openly talk about race. Second, they learn that people should pretend not to notice undesirable aspects that define some people as less valuable than others (a large birthmark on someone’s face, a person using a wheelchair).”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give