Isaac

“Not much comes easily, and if it does, be prepared to lose it. Nothing is given; it is earned.”
― Charlena Jackson, No Cross No Crown

“The way of the world is full of judgmental people. People size me up and down with their eyes. I am told that my hair is too curly to be white and too straight to be black. People ask me questions as if I owe them an answer—what does my race have anything to do with you—and why do you care. The fact is, race shouldn’t exist—it is not real. It is made up, but race does matter.” Race shouldn’t matter, but it does. In society's eyes, race is stubbornly real.”
― Charlena E. Jackson, Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?

“After all, something worth having produces growth and a firm foundation to stand on.”
― Charlena Jackson, No Cross No Crown

“If people would only listen to themselves, they would realize how naïve and ignorant they sound. Just because the term was created doesn’t mean it should be used.”
― Charlena E. Jackson, Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?