“I have learned through writing about my interests and myself, that anyone who chooses to ignore any part of you, or hates any part of you, can never really know you.”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Race, Intersectionality, POC writers, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Women
“My most salient marked identities are that I’m African, Black, Catholic, and a woman...this tends to complicate people’s perception of me; it makes relating to all parts of me, difficult, for them...many people don’t seem to know what to do when complexity of self is embraced rather than denied. And…”— Kovie Biakolo, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Race, Intersectionality, POC writers, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Women