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“Capitalism was created on plantations. The roots of it are violence and theft.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“your art
is not about how many people
like your work
your art
is about
if your heart likes your work
if your soul likes your work
it's about how honest
you are with yourself
and you
must never
trade honesty
for relatability”
― Milk and honey
is not about how many people
like your work
your art
is about
if your heart likes your work
if your soul likes your work
it's about how honest
you are with yourself
and you
must never
trade honesty
for relatability”
― Milk and honey
“For Black people who are descendants of enslaved Africans via the Transatlantic Slave Trade and chattel slavery, consider the fact that your Ancestors built this entire nation for free with their stolen labor. Use this knowledge to tap into what they have already done, so you don’t have to grind yourself into oblivion now.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“I feel like a legacy of exhaustion resides somewhere in all of us, but specifically resides in the bodies of those who have melanated skin.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
“Take up space. Be risky in your observations. Be a maroon. Decide you ain’t ever going back to enslavement. Take a nap to receive a Word from your Ancestors. Be subversive. Embrace radical love that is outside the confines of tradition. Be suspicious of everything they taught you. Carry a research notebook. Be curious. Resist. Rest.”
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
― Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
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