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The Silence that Binds Us
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“There is a silence that binds us. It ties our tongues when we need help. It muzzles our minds when we need to reach out and shackles our voices when we need to speak up.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“We're taking back the narrative, and people are listening. Our voices are more than sword and shield. They are bridges too.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“Hearts and minds are changed through stories.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“[Silence] is a blanket
we pull over our heads
to hide from the world--
where difficulty breathing
is the price we pay
for an illusion
of safety.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
we pull over our heads
to hide from the world--
where difficulty breathing
is the price we pay
for an illusion
of safety.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
“People who won't listen to arguments or facts can still be changed by stories.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“My words were sword and shield. Together our words can be an army.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“Narratives have also been controlled... It's been happening throughout history. We can't let them control the narrative forever.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“This silence we share is one that connects us. It is a bond of heartbreak and healing. Sadness and hope. Darkness and light. And most of all, love.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“Thing is, anyone who thinks Asian women are submissive and silent has never truly known one. Asian women are matriarchs of the earth.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“Don't stop learning because there's too much to learn.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“Do you think your mom and dad parent out of love or fear?”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“I was unmoored. Without my anchor, I floated on an endless ocean under a starless sky. I bobbed up and down. Up and down. I drifted with no thought or direction. Darkness here was the same as darkness there. There was darkness everywhere.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“We will never have a better world until all our stories are told. We will never have a better world until all our histories are known. We will never have a better world until all our voices are heard.” He”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“First, learning and changing is hard. Second, what’s wrong with people disagreeing with, hating even, what you’re saying? People will always fight against you when you take a stand. That doesn’t mean you’re wrong.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“Does being nice make someone not racist?”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“But people who won’t listen to arguments or facts can still be changed by stories.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“If an Asian woman is silent, it’s not because she’s submissive; it’s because she’s watching. Watching and learning. Like a warrior.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“was unmoored. Without my anchor, I floated on an endless ocean under a starless sky. I bobbed up and down. Up and down. I drifted with no thought or direction. Darkness here was the same as darkness there. There was darkness everywhere.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“Is silence neutrality if it protects my family?”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“If I felt happy, does that mean I'm forgetting Danny?”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“Every place that Danny once stood, once laughed, once breathed is now a gaping hole.”
― The Silence that Binds Us
― The Silence that Binds Us
“Our silence gives men like Nate McIntyre the power to control the narrative. To revise our histories and shape our futures. But every time we speak out, it is an act of love. Love is how we overcome fear.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“One, it makes Black folks, not the racist systems, the problem. Two, it makes assimilation more appealing for Asians. They drink the ‘white Kool-Aid.’ Three, it divides oppressed people so we won’t unite against our oppressors.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
“Being nice doesn’t change racist systems. Fighting back does. To people who support those systems, fighting to dismantle them—or dang, just pointing out injustice at all—doesn’t feel nice.”
― The Silence That Binds Us
― The Silence That Binds Us
