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1 " I was both fed up with explaining and desperately craving an explanation. "
― Patricia Smith , The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
2 " It is not a performance of Blackness; she is a Black woman. "
― Mahogany L. Browne , The BreakBeat Poets, Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
3 " We understand we are the backbone despite the backhand. "
4 " I am writing the success of my every breath. "
5 " This shit is magic-you'd have to be a Black girl to understand. Show 'em how it all got startedHow the bricks got laidThat this is what happens when the ink spillsWhen your ancestors dance your worth awake, "
6 " whoever i am, i am always Black, practicing our surname under my breath like a poem i already wrote but have yet to read out loud. "
7 " I promise you won't need anyone too long. One day you will love yourself on your own, without the validation of sisters. "
8 " Wish I could switch direct deposits for my innocence "
