Cherese

“Some things only matter when a white man does them.”
― Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

“When you're raising someone to survive a war that the other side invests millions convincing people it doesn't exist you raise your army to be tough. You teach them not to make a big fuss. You teach them not to feel. If you waste your time feeling you're not going to be ready and in the ring for the next blow. You're going to be crying and feeling sorry for yourself in the corner and you're not going to see them coming, because that's the lesson you never see them coming.”
― Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs

“It’s hard to let go of control, to stop trying to be the architect of not only our own lives but the lives of the people around us as we single-mindedly work towards our own flawed constructions of "perfection." Once we do, though, we might actually be able to recognize the beauty we’ve missed.”
― Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

“everyone knows white people hate typos”
― Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories