Pauline Storz’s Reviews > Ace of Spades > Status Update

“I think about how many Black spirits have been killed by white supremacy and lies. How many of us were experiments.
Worthless bodies in some game.
I think about Henrietta Lacks, whose body they used, mistreated, and tossed away but who changed medicine for ever. Who never got her revenge for them stealing her cells. Because she was Black and a woman, and in that combination, she, to them, meant nothing.“ p. 469

“I didn’t care about how I truly felt about him. What I felt was a desperation to be powerful in a world that doesn’t let girls be. Especially girls like me.“ p. 427

"Racism is a spectrum and they all participate in it. It's not about being nice or mean. It's bigger than that. We're all in this bubble being affected by the past. The moment they decided they were white and have the power and we got to be Black and be at the bottom, everything changed. If we can't talk about it honestly then what's the point? Some might even treat you good, like an owner might treat a pet." p. 192