- “I know that there is some Black girl out there, so many Black women out there, that are watching me right now, and I want to tell you, you can do it. Anything is possible. Anything is possible. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you, to tell you that you can’t be here, that you’re too dark, or that you’re not smart enough, or that you’re too dramatic, or you’re too loud. You are exactly who you need to be to be right where you are, and I am a testimony right now.”
- Rapper Doechii during her Grammy’s acceptance speech for Best Rap Album. She is the third woman to win in the category.
- “We’re fighting for more than just what we’re fighting for in the ring. Because we’re fighting for the recognition and the respect that we deserve.”
- Boxer Amanda Serrano, on the need for recognition in women’s boxing
- “In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives. And the people.The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings; who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants; who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they—they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors.”
- “My femininity, my personality and my interests are all so fluid – sometimes it’s hard for me to keep track of all the things I love, and all the things I want to do. I used to struggle with the idea of “what kind of girl I was,” and what kind of parameters I needed to exist within to be accepted.”
- “Anything that may be trying to compete with my goals, with my ambitions, with my priorities.…I no longer second-guess my career and if you can’t understand it, then respectfully, get out of my way.”
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