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> [“Even as you kept telling me that I'm becoming a woman, you never let me go out into the world to be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/even-as-you-kept-telling-me-that-i-m-becoming-a-woman-you-never-let/)

Ibi Zoboi

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/we-fold-our-immigrant-selves-into-this-veneer-of-what-we-think-is/)

Ibi Zoboi

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## More by Ibi Zoboi

> [“We have to become everything that we want. Consume it. Like our lwas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/we-have-to-become-everything-that-we-want-consume-it-like-our-lwas/)

Ibi Zoboi

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/don-t-give-me-no-but-you-re-beautiful-on-the-inside-bullshit-no-you/)

Ibi Zoboi

> [“Even as you kept telling me that I'm becoming a woman, you never let me go out into the world to be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/even-as-you-kept-telling-me-that-i-m-becoming-a-woman-you-never-let/)

Ibi Zoboi

> [“We fold our immigrant selves into this veneer of what we think is African American girlhood. The result is more jagged than smooth. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibi-zoboi/we-fold-our-immigrant-selves-into-this-veneer-of-what-we-think-is/)

Ibi Zoboi

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