Loc Girl Quotes

You're the only girl that I want to be with. The only girl I look forward to seeing walk into a room. When I'm not with you, all I can think about is getting back to you. When you touch me, it's like fire running through my veins."-loc 1725

I still can’t believe it.” Daniel ran a hand through his locs. “Yeah. Right.” She caught the thin wedge of anger in his voice. “Well. I can’t.” “He couldn’t, either. Whereas I—we—all his friends—can believe it, no problem. Who does that? Go help some White girl. In a park. In Northwest DC. At night.” He shook his head and dropped another book into the box. “What else could he have done?” Daniel straightened. “Girl, he should have sped up, kept on running right to a well-lit road, and called some White folk to help her. He just didn’t know how he needed to be if he was going to live in this country.” He sighed. “We tried. Gave him ‘the talk,’ like our parents did when we were little kids.” He shook his head. “He thought he knew about cops. But the cops he knew in England, ninety percent of them weren’t carrying guns. No, make that a hundred percent, the bougie ’hoods where he came up. Art historian, Lord Fauntleroy accent, Yale and Georgetown—none of it was ever going to keep him safe. Like I said, we tried to warn him. But seems like it never sank in.

When media criticizes Ciara’s faux locs and then calls the same hairstyle edgy on a Kardashian, what message is being sent to young girls of color? If bandannas are a hot new accessory for young white women in the pages of Elle and a reason to throw handcuffs on a Latina in high school, then what message is received? What impact does it have to pretend that cornrows on white women are the same as a weave on Black women when only one is likely to lose their job over a hairstyle? We know colorism exists, but do we grasp the ways that the message that lighter skin is better are reinforced before we criticize bleaching? It’s important to remember that this is all happening within a society that privileges lighter skin over darker skin, that prioritizes able bodies over disabled bodies, that sees being cisgender as the only option. Although not everyone will develop mental illnesses around their body image as a result of this environment, for those who do, the illness is often reinforced

De ce? Pentru ca lumea are nevoie de scanteia ta. Lumea are nevoie de energia ta. Lumea are nevoie sa fii prezenta in viata ta si sa fii la carma potentialului tau. Avem nevoie de ideile tale. Avem nevoie de iubirea si de grija ta. Avem nevoie de pasiunea ta. Avem nevoie de modele de business. Avem nevoie sa-ti sarbatorim succesele. Avem nevoie sa te vedem cum te ridici la loc dupa esec. Avem nevoie sa te vedem curajoasa. Avem nevoie sa cunoastem acel ce-ar fi daca al tau. Avem nevoie sa incetezi sa-ti mai ceri scuze pentru ceea ce esti si sa devii cine esti menita sa fii.

Georg! Am o ultimă întrebare: pot oare să fiu sigur că nu mai este vreo altă existenţă după aceasta? Pot eu să fiu pe deplin convins că nu mă voi afla într-un alt loc atunci când tu vei citi aceasta scrisoare? Nu, nu pot fi complet sigur. Căci simplul fapt că lumea există arată că graniţa dintre probabil şi improbabil a fost deja depăşită. Înţelegi ce vreau să spun? Sunt atât uimit că această lume există, încât nu mai am loc pentru şi mai multă uimire, în caz că s-ar dovedi că există şi lumea de apoi.

Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you.” -Malaika to Nella

Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you.