” So often, blackness is seen in a negative light. “
” A lot of people involved in the Black Lives Matter movement are actually sticking up for those other lives. They are turning out for their Muslim brothers and sisters who are now being targeted. “
” As a black woman, I feel like I have a unique experience that we don’t often see in media portrayals of the South. “
” When you say, ‘Southern,’ or you speak about a southern accent, there’s always that drawl, and usually from white people. That’s what people associate with the South. But we’re all different. The black southern accent is different. “
” We see organizations that target young black men to give them direction in life, but so often, black girls are missed. I wanted to represent them. “
” I wanted to have a book that showed there’s no one way to sound black. I wanted to tell teens that the way you speak is okay, you’re good the way you are. “
” When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That’s where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white upper-class school in conservative Mississippi. I was often very aware of how I presented myself. “
” Bent Literary Agency had a Q&A on Twitter, and I took a chance and asked if the Black Lives Matter movement was an appropriate topic for a YA novel. Brooks Sherman, who is now my agent, responded that he didn’t think any topics were inappropriate for YA. I remember being so terrified even just sending the tweet. “
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