“Stereotypes are untrue. Sometimes, though, they bear truth’s imprint. Sometimes they spring up from what truth has crushed down. As they manifest they can co-opt and mispurpose inescapable realities.”
– Nisi Shawl in the introduction to Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam
I’ve been thinking of reductivism lately and, serendipitously, found more food for thought in my fiction reading.
Shawl, Nisi. “Annunciation” (introduction). In Ancient, Ancient by Salaam, Kiini Ibura. Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press, 2012.
Serving exactly what it sounds like, the Quotes feature excerpts other people’s thoughts.
Co-Geeking 