The Talk Quotes

“...the most powerful person in any room is the one with the clearest thoughts and the fewest words.”
― Daniel Nayeri, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

“Honey, you can’t stop hateful people slinging hurtful words like stones. But who says you have to pick them up and put them in your pocket? -- Nikki Grimes, Tough Tuesday”
― Wade Hudson, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

“Racism is not just hatred. Racism is a system. A system that dehumanizes humans in order to keep them down and, most often, to make money off of them. -- Adam Gidwitz, The Inheritance”
― Wade Hudson, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth

“The list goes on. There are myriad versions of the talk because there are myriad ways to be human. And we wish we had the space to capture all of these conversations within these chapters, because we know they are happening, and we know people are hurting.”
― Wade Hudson, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth