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under apartheid, only the rape of white women was subject to prosecution, and it was a charge that could lead to the death penalty. For women of color, the regime extended the long, dark night that began with colonization and slavery:
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“They wrapped her corpse in silver, a shroud in moonglow made... with an Ancient's chain they lowered her, while in pain their eyes did fade. Oh now the storm is raging, the ship has seen its last, and she will never see the sun... as long as the bones stand strong and fast.”
― Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood
― Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood
“All her life, she'd thought of death as the single moment, the heart stopping, the final breath, but now she knew that it could be much more like giving birth, with nine months of preparations. Her father was heavily pregnant with death, and there was little to do but wait.”
― This Time Tomorrow
― This Time Tomorrow
“Nonagesimus,â€� she said slowly, “the only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted someone to hold the sword as you fell on it. The only job I’d do for you would be if you wanted your ass kicked so hard, the Locked Tomb opened and a parade came out to sing, ‘Lo! A destructed ass.â€� The only job I’d do would be if you wanted me to spot you while you backflipped off the top tier into Drearburh.â€�
“That’s three jobs,â€� said Harrowhark.”
― Gideon the Ninth
“That’s three jobs,â€� said Harrowhark.”
― Gideon the Ninth
“The failure of many Christians in the South and across the nation to decisively oppose the racism in their families, communities, and even in their own churches provided fertile soil for the seeds of hatred to grow. The refusal to act in the midst of injustice is itself an act of injustice. Indifference to oppression perpetuates oppression.”
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
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