American - Writer | February 12, 1963 -
You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.
Jacqueline Woodson
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Until I was about 13, Manhattan had been a world seen from its edges.
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Greenville, S.C., in the 1970s is a rolling green dream in my memory now.
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My mother was a single mom whose days were spent as a customer service rep at Con Edison in downtown Brooklyn.
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For my family, 'black-ish' is the reward on a Thursday evening - a day after the show officially airs, when it's finally available to be streamed.
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In the midst of observing the world and coming to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to put on the page were the stories of people who looked like me.
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By the time I was in fifth grade, I was dreaming of the Pulitzer Prize.
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In all my childhood, I never heard my grandparents say that anything shocked or surprised them. They knew what their country was capable of.
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When I was a child, we never began a meal without prayer. We thanked God for the food, for each other.
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A 10-year-old knows a lot. If you think she or he isn't noticing the world around them, you're missing a lot.
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I write for whoever needs to read it.
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Hope is universal.
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