Dr. Nick Figueroa
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“Never, ever, let them see you sweat, negra. Fight until you can’t breathe, & if you have to forfeit, you forfeit smiling, make them think you let them win.”
― Clap When You Land
― Clap When You Land
“So he created a theater of his life / & got lost in all the different roles he had to play.”
― Clap When You Land
― Clap When You Land
“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience of my life. It has brought me the most light. And isn't that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.”
― The Poet X
― The Poet X
“Losing privilege can feel a lot like inequality. If something feels unfair to you as a white person, it's likely that equality is actually being achieved in that moment.”
― My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education
― My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education
“She was the snake biting its tail. She was a dreamer, eternally bound to a nightmare, eyes closed even when her eyes had turned to dust.”
― Mexican Gothic
― Mexican Gothic
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