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> [“Colonial power, patriarchal power, capitalist power must always and everywhere be battled, because they never, ever quit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/colonial-power-patriarchal-power-capitalist-power-must-always-and/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

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> [“Colonial power, patriarchal power, capitalist power must always and everywhere be battled, because they never, ever quit. (Junot Diaz)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/colonial-power-patriarchal-power-capitalist-power-must-always-and-2/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

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## More by Carolina De Robertis

> [“What makes the self? Experiences. Acculturation. What else? I don't know. What's within you. She says, I don't know what was within me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/what-makes-the-self-experiences-acculturation-what-else-i-don-t-know/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“Dissent is verbal resistance. It is the affirmation of our voices, of our worth. It is, in a democracy, a fundamental right. And, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/dissent-is-verbal-resistance-it-is-the-affirmation-of-our-voices-of/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“I work hard to embody you, Mama Harriet. When I learned that after you escaped, your brothers had second thoughts and turned back, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/i-work-hard-to-embody-you-mama-harriet-when-i-learned-that-after-you/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“It is love that pushes us to face the journey toward justice without flinching, love that impels us to keep going on the long,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/it-is-love-that-pushes-us-to-face-the-journey-toward-justice-without/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“She was awake, alive, full of ideas like branches in a greenhouse, growing thick and rife against the glass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/she-was-awake-alive-full-of-ideas-like-branches-in-a-greenhouse/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“You see, Mama Harriet, the conundrum that you encountered is the same set of contradictions that we encounter. We had a Black president who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/you-see-mama-harriet-the-conundrum-that-you-encountered-is-the-same/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“No, I wanted to say, he didn't cut off her hands because he didn't have to, he had cut them off long before, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/no-i-wanted-to-say-he-didn-t-cut-off-her-hands-because-he-didn-t-have/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“Nothing changes if we just feel shitty about being White. And nothing changes if we refuse to talk about it. The opposite of white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/nothing-changes-if-we-just-feel-shitty-about-being-white-and-nothing/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“I want to believe in prophecies more than policies. I want to listen to poets rather than pollsters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/i-want-to-believe-in-prophecies-more-than-policies-i-want-to-listen/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“The human story is one of continual branching movement, out of Africa to every corner of the globe. When people talk of blood and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/the-human-story-is-one-of-continual-branching-movement-out-of-africa/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“James Baldwin’s “My Dungeon Shook—Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation,” published in The Fire Next Time in 1963 (the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/james-baldwin-s-my-dungeon-shook-letter-to-my-nephew-on-the-one/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“There's that feeling that comes when you read something and the lines speak directly to you, and to you only, even though the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/there-s-that-feeling-that-comes-when-you-read-something-and-the-lines/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“He was like a bottle and music was the wine… She liked to be near him when it poured.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/he-was-like-a-bottle-and-music-was-the-wine-she-liked-to-be-near-him/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“You are an ally because of your actions, not because you say you are. (Kate Schatz)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/you-are-an-ally-because-of-your-actions-not-because-you-say-you-are/)

[Carolina De Robertis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolina-de-robertis/)

> [“The tone is at once tender and analytical, impassioned and nuanced, sweeping and deeply personal. Baldwin showed us that letter-essays, as a form, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolina-de-robertis/the-tone-is-at-once-tender-and-analytical-impassioned-and-nuanced/)

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