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“Not seeing race does little to deconstruct racist structures or materially improve the conditions which people of colour are subject to daily. In order to dismantle unjust, racist structures, we must see race. We must see who benefits from their race, who is disproportionately impacted by negative stereotypes about their race, and to who power and privilege is bestowed upon - earned or not - because of their race, their class, and their gender. Seeing race is essential to changing the system.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

“The problem is we bring ourselves to the pages.Our whole selves. Every single darkness. Every single light.Every single passion.Every single hurt. We read with all the layers that make us who we are acting as filters. We read with all that our eyes have seen and all that our hearts have felt since birth.”
― Dave Connis, Suggested Reading

“If I’m going to die, I’d like to actually live first.”
― Rachael Lippincott, Five Feet Apart

“I love being a woman and being a friend to other women,' should be feminism's tagline.”
― Brittney Cooper, Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower