“I wonder if I’ll ever discover a passion like you and recover / the life that I knew when I was a young’n in pyjamas and dun-tun-duns…” — Kendrick Lamar, Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst (2012).

“I have written as a person that feels at home throughout the world.” — Lillian Smith, Killers of the Dream.

Thank you, James, for teaching me, that it can be just that simple.

What it means to be a Negro in America can perhaps be suggested by an examination of the myths we perpetuate about him. - James Baldwin

I wish women knew how damaged we are by our perception of what a man is supposed to be, by our fathers, by our uncles, by our brothers, by the world around us… - Trevor Noah

As black people, because we never had anything - which is understandable - it gets to a point where we separate ourselves from the culture... OJ like 'I'm not black, I'm OJ

- Jay-Z