"I am a 53 year-old writer who can remember being a 10 year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80 year old writer. I’m also comfortably asocial—a hermit in the middle of Seattle—a pessimist if I’m not careful, a feminist, a black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive."
Octavia Butler (via breegant)
Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 19th cent.
I watched a documentary about the Meermin Slave Ship Mutiny on netflix the other day. It was pretty interesting.
The Dutch stole these men from their homeland, freed them from their chains on the ship, and then gave them weapons to clean. The Africans were like “wait…. we have weapons now”…. and killed them niggas.
(Source: howtobeterrell, via awesome-everyday)
"If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation."
Lao Tzu (via boricuanegrita)
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