Invisible Son Quotes

“George Floyd is a name I shouldn’t know. Like so many names I shouldn’t know.”
― Kim Johnson, Invisible Son

“The beauty standard for Black girls was adjacent to whiteness. Everybody wants to be Black, but nobody wants to be Black.”
― Kim Johnson, Invisible Son

“You can’t heal somebody else, Andre. All you can do is be the best person you can and hope they do the same.”
― Kim Johnson, Invisible Son

“There’s no such thing as innocent until proven guilty—it’s just guilty until proven innocent. No one really wants the truth. They just want it to be done with.”
― Kim Johnson, Invisible Son

“I learned the hard way that acceptance gained by pretzeling yourself into other people’s visions of you never lasts.”
― Kim Johnson, Invisible Son