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41 " The enemy, they are the Lie. Plain and simple. The Lie running around pretending to be Truth. "
― P. Djèlí Clark , Ring Shout
42 " White folk is niggers! This whole time, they putting on and acting high and mighty! But they just niggers who stayed in the cold too long! Bet that’s why they so mean. Know deep down they come out that same jungle—that the nigger they made up in their heads right under they own skin! Oh, fix your face, Maryse, I’m using the small n. "
43 " Let Europe be for the Europeans and Africa for the Africans. That way we make a home for ourselves. "
44 " When the devil come to town, you betta watch how you get down … watch, watch, watch out for the devil! "
45 " The words of the girl, my other self from the dream place, strikes with sudden understanding. The places where we hurt. Where we hurt. Not just me, all of us, colored folk everywhere, who carry our wounds with us, sometimes open for all to see, but always so much more buried and hidden deep. I remember the songs that come with all those visions. Songs full of hurt. Songs of sadness and tears. Songs pulsing with pain. A righteous anger and cry for justice. But not hate. "