Obviously Quotes

“The next school year I had straight As again. We don’t really talk about it much as a society, but the expectation that teachers have for us and our level of comfort in the classroom dictates a lot of our success and “aptitude.” How can anyone be apt to do anything in a place where they feel not only underrepresented, but misrepresented and attacked?”
― Akilah Hughes, Obviously: Stories from My Timeline