"I identify as African American. I identify as Black. Black is something I share with other descendants of Africa, African-American is something I share with other Black descendants of America and both of those identities are of equal importance to me."

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Jamilah Lemieux

#African American Quotes #Black Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.”
“A writer's ambition should be to trade a hundred contemporary readers for ten readers in ten years' time and for one reader in a hundred years' time.”
“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”
“I vividly remember bowling 20 + games a day, 2 or 3 times a week.”
“Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.”

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“I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.”
“It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.”
“Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.”

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