HUSH MONEY Quotes

“I'm fighting racism one book at a time to open minds and change hearts.”
― Jacquie Abram, HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job

“When you were on vacation, Ebony, she brought a box of king size chocolate bars to the campus management meeting, and told everyone to help themselves. So, everyone did. But when I opened the wrapper, and put the chocolate in my mouth, before I bit it, she started snickering and said, 'I knew you'd like having a big, chocolate bar in your mouth,' and I knew exactly what she meant, and so did everyone else by the look on their faces.”
― Jacquie Abram, HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job

“Before she was your momma, girl, she was my wife and I told her I didn't want your Blackity Black *ss! Nobody wants ya. I don't want ya! Your real momma didn't want ya! And from what I hear, ya husband don't want ya either!”
― Jacquie Abram, Hush Money: The Cost of Being Black In Corporate America