“We fold our immigrant selves into this veneer of what we think is African American girlhood. The result is more jagged than smooth. This tension between our inherited identities and our newly adopted selves filters into our relationships with other… — Ibi Zoboi Copy Share Image
“Don't give me no 'but you're beautiful on the inside' bullshit." "No, you are beautiful on the outside," I say. "Don't give me that bullshit either. I'm beautiful when I say I'm beautiful. Let me own that shit," she says. Her eyes have not left the computer screen this whole time, but I know she's paying attention to everything I… — Ibi Zoboi Copy Share
“Even as you kept telling me that I'm becoming a woman, you never let me go out into the world to be free.” — Ibi Zoboi Copy Share Image
“We fold our immigrant selves into this veneer of what we think is African American girlhood. The result is more jagged than smooth. This… — Ibi Zoboi Copy Share Image
