" When you understand how these theories function, when they become your North Star, you understand why progress is so hard and why survival is a constant struggle. Theories are more than just academic words that folx with degrees throw around at coffee shops and poetry slams; they work to explain to us how the world works, who the world denies, and how structures uphold oppression. "

― , We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom