Luca’s Reviews > Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America > Status Update

"Antiracists should stop connecting selfishness to racism, and unselfishness to antiracism. Altruism is wanted, not required. Antiracists do not have to be altruistic. Antiracists do not have to be selfless. Antiracists merely have to have intelligent self-interest, and to stop consuming those racist ideas that have engendered so much unintelligent self-interest over the years."

Janet Mock: "Somewhere along the way, I grew weary of grasping at possible selves, just out of reach. I began healing by embracing myself through the foreboding darkness until the sunrise shone on my face. Eventually, I emerged, and surrendered to the brilliance, discovering truth, beauty, and peace that was already mine."

I know these aren't Kendi's words but I need them engraved on my soul.