Michelle Cliff Quotes

It Was Never A Question Of Passing. It Was A Question Of Hiding. Behind Black And White Perceptions Of Who We Were
Who They Thought We Were. Tropics. Plantations. Calypso. Cricket. We Were The People With The Musical Voices And The Coronation Mugs On Our Parlor Tables. I Would Be Whatever Figurine These Foreign Imaginations Cared For Me To Be. It Would Be So Simple To Let Others Fill In For Me. So Easy To Startle Them With A Flash Of Anger When Their Visions Got Out Of Hand
But Never To Sustain The Anger For Myself. It Would Be A Life Lived Within Myself. A Life Cut Off. I Know Who I Am But You Will Never Know Who I Am. I May In Fact Lose Touch With Who I Am.

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