Quotes tagged “annamae”

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“What good's a black face if it means I'm just someone else's property? Why give me these arms and legs just to carry someone else's load, not my own?”

— Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky

annamae black-identity blackness carrying-on

“You ever think about the noose?''I been thinking about the noose since I was born.”

— Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky

annamae lynching noose race-relations

“What good's a black face if it means I'm just someone else's property? Why give me these arms and legs just to carry someone else's load, not my own?”

— Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky

annamae black-identity blackness carrying-on

“You ever think about the noose?''I been thinking about the noose since I was born.”

— Stacey Lee, Under a Painted Sky

annamae lynching noose race-relations