violence
Not being violent enough could cost me my body. Being too violent could cost me my body. We could not get out.
Ta-Nehisi Coates • Between the World and Me
They sent the killer of Prince Jones back to his work, because he was not a killer at all. He was a force of nature, the helpless agent of our world’s physical laws.
Ta-Nehisi Coates • Between the World and Me
Rape burns a hole in the article and capsizes any argument. There is no way to continue on with your analysis, no way to make sense past it. You can only look at it or look away—and I looked away.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
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