Blood Debts

by Terry J. Benton-Walker

For every child of color who was denied the justice they deserved. You always matter.

Hope is for white people and idiots—like you.

darkness on either side of them.

A prime example of what happens when old, racist white women choose to build an oppressive movement instead of a craft room, like anyone else with good sense.

Talk about caucastic irony.”

“Coffee is like life. Sometimes you have to dress it up to hide the bitter taste.”

“No, they’re not, but white people made it so I can never not think about race. I have to constantly wonder if the white people I encounter every day, people who can change my fate as fast as the Sun sets, are going to hate me simply because I’m a Black woman. You’ll never know that feeling.”

I’m the bitch behind the curtain.”

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. —MALCOLM