I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.