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Narratives of racial exceptionality obscure the reality of ongoing institutional white control while reinforcing the ideologies of individualism and meritocracy. They also do whites a disservice by obscuring the white allies who, behind the scenes, worked hard and long to open the field to African American players.
Robin DiAngelo • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“You know, I don’t think she ever lost her shit around her white friends.” “Yeah, well,” Erin said ruefully, “we were family.”
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
The World to Come
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
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Alice Walker • The Color Purple
In her book Create Dangerously, Edwidge Danticat writes of the “floating homeland” of the diaspora.
https://open.substack.com/pub/aplaceforwriters/p/navel-gazing-a-space-for-outsiders
“I’m Mrs. Burns-Cooper,” said the woman, “and after this, well, it’s all right this time, because it’s your first time, but after this time always use the back entrance.” There is a pear in my icebox, and one end of rye bread. Except for three Irish potatoes and a cup of flour and the empty Christmas boxes, there is absolutely nothing on my shelf.
... See moreMargo Jefferson • Maud Martha
Nettie and he—a sort of perseverance, a persistent understanding. Where would Nettie have found strength for the unremitting concessions of daily life? She was precipitated from delight to lamentation without logical sequence, as though life were too short; she must cram everything in and perhaps sort it out later.
Shirley Hazzard, Brigitta Olubas, • Collected Stories
daughter? Was she the bird trying to batter its way free, or was she the cage?
Celeste Ng • Little Fires Everywhere: The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller
The American Dream is a clusterfuck of intersecting oppressions that function systemically and infect us individually.