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For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez (Goodreads Author)

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When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

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How I Learned to Hate in Ohio by David Stuart MacLean

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“I’m fucked, Gurbaksh.” “It’s Gary,” he said. “They call me Gary here.” “Of course they do.” “It’s either that or listen to the toothless yokels mangle my name. Like how we call Deutschland ‘Germany.’ ” “I’ve never understood that.” I ...more

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“Wanting someone to stand for the national anthem rather than stand up for justice means loving the symbol more than what it symbolizes.”
― Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

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“The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.”
― James Patterson, Angel

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“You don't have to be a genius to be a scientist, but you do need to be persistent.”
― Rana El Kaliouby, Girl Decoded: A Scientist's Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology

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