“But race is not biology; race is sociology. Race is not genotype; race is phenotype. Race matters because of racism. And racism… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Richard exhaled. It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In America, racism exists but racists are all gone. Racists belong to the past. Racists are the thin-lipped mean white people in… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Understanding America for the Non-American Black: Thoughts on the Special White Friend One great gift for the Zipped-Up Negro is The White… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
When I go back home now, when I go back to Nigeria now, I get off the plane in Lagos and I… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“racism is about the power of a group and in America it’s white folks who have that power. How? Well, white folks… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Maybe it’s time to just scrap the word “racist.” Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I was tired of everyone saying that when you write about race in America, it has to be nuanced, it has to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“If you’re telling a non-black person about something racist that happened to you, make sure you are not bitter. Don’t complain. Be… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Are you kidding me?' Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga style on the floor. 'You can't write an… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“The point of diversity workshops, or multicultural talks, was not to inspire any real change but to leave people feeling good about… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Finally, don’t put on a Let’s Be Fair tone and say “But black people are racist too.” Because of course we’re all… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Racism should never have happened and so you don't get a cookie for reducing it. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“America’s ladder of races, Jewish is white but also some rungs below white. A bit confusing,” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“What I’ve noticed being here is that many English people are in awe of America but also deeply resent it,” Obinze added. “Perfectly true,”… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival; the physically stronger person was… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
To return to the books of my childhood is to yield to the strain of nostalgia that is curious about the self I once… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. If we have sons, we don't mind knowing about… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Alexa, and the other guests, and perhaps even Georgina, all understood the fleeing from war, from the kind of poverty that crushed human souls,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“It was not as if he did not know what living in Lagos could do to a woman married to a young and wealthy… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“They have the kinds of things we can eat.' An unease crept up on Ifemelu. She was comfortable here, and she wished she were… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“But race is not biology; race is sociology. Race is not genotype; race is phenotype. Race matters because of racism. And racism is absurd… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
