Robin

“One planter in Georgia argued that a former slave had shown himself “certainly unfit for freedom” because, “impudently,” he didn’t allow himself to be whipped.”
― Derrick Jensen, The Culture of Make Believe

“Asha wasn’t the kind of woman to smile and fawn; she came from the guffaw and fuck, drink yourself senseless and die finishing school for young women.”
― Anonymous

“In South Carolina, a man was murdered and his stepdaughter whipped because she’d had the insolence to “embarrass” a white family by bearing the child of one of its members.”
― Derrick Jensen, The Culture of Make Believe

“That was the one lesson they'd all learned, even Ace--you showed the world your strengths because they earned you respect, and your flaws because they earned you trust. But your weaknesses you held tight in your heart.”
― Kit Rocha, Beyond Jealousy