The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2 Quotes

“This shit is magic-you'd have to be a Black girl to understand.
Show 'em how it all got started
How the bricks got laid
That this is what happens when the ink spills
When your ancestors dance your worth awake,”
― Ebony Stewart, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“I promise you won't need anyone too long. One day you will love yourself on your own, without the validation of sisters.”
― Raych Jackson, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“whoever i am, i am always Black, practicing our surname under my breath like a poem i already wrote but have yet to read out loud.”
― Jamila Woods, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“We understand we are the backbone despite the backhand.”
― Mahogany L. Browne, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“It is not a performance of Blackness; she is a Black woman.”
― Mahogany L. Browne, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“Wish I could switch direct deposits for my innocence”
― Lin-Z, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic

“I am writing the success of my every breath.”
― Mahogany L. Browne, The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic