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Razel Jones
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| Incredible and important story. Huck Finn from the perspective of Jim (James). Masterful demonstrations of code switching and analysis of White fragility from the Black perspective. Nice twists and turns and explanations of gaps in Twain’s stories. | |
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| Amazing book I read last year and have recommended to lots of people. Helps with overthinking. | |
“Nigger...It felt sharper than normal. It wasn't friendly from a friend. The laughable part is that's all he had. The moniker passed down from his great, great grandfather and them. It had made its way to another generation of limited thinkers. Limited speakers. Limited young men. Limited. That's all he had. He didn't have the words. He didn't have the power. He didn't have the control.”
― Wounds
― Wounds
“It is not our differences that separate us. It is the denial of the beauty and rightness of those differences that separate us.”
― Wounds
― Wounds
“It is not our differences that separate us. It is the denial of the beauty and rightness of those differences that separate us.”
― Wounds
― Wounds
“Nigger...It felt sharper than normal. It wasn't friendly from a friend. The laughable part is that's all he had. The moniker passed down from his great, great grandfather and them. It had made its way to another generation of limited thinkers. Limited speakers. Limited young men. Limited. That's all he had. He didn't have the words. He didn't have the power. He didn't have the control.”
― Wounds
― Wounds
“Just because you know me does not mean that I am not black. I am black. I am thankfully black. I am black just like the person you are hurling your insult at. On the way to them, it hits me. I'm Colin Kaepernick black. Protesting oppression black. Not-so-sure about the National Anthem black. Skeptical of the Pledge of Allegiance black. I'm George Floyd black. At times, leery of law enforcement black. Don't trust the system black.
I'm not different.
I am no exception.”
― Wounds
I'm not different.
I am no exception.”
― Wounds
“Back then and even now, my black friends and family members often tell me they don't consider me white. I don't think that's what they really mean. What they mean is that they feel safe with me. They mean they don't fear the noose in my presence. Their face being pressed to the concrete. My knee being pressed against their neck. My weight bearing down. When they say they don't consider me white, what they mean is that I see them. That I'm with them. That I won't stand for the little white genocides they're subjected to one podium speech at a time.”
― Wounds
― Wounds
