Showing posts with label Flatiron Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flatiron Books. Show all posts

 

"...white privilege is the power of feeling normal. It's the silent reinforcement of being able to walk into a store and see its main displays show products that cater to you. It's the ability to turn on the TV and see people who look like you represented in all walks of life. It's passing the corner office at work and seeing someone who could have been you..."

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

 

 
 
"He had been too astonished by the fact that thoughts were escaping his mouth in the form of sounds and entering her head by way of her ears to have paid attention to anything else while they were talking."

The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam