Quotes by Marley Dias - Page 2

My goal for the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign is to create systemic change across all school systems. I want there to be diverse books that reflect the lives of every person, regardless of whether or not they are in the majority.
Marley Dias /
Diverse
Majority
School
Person
Across
Books
Campaign
Every
Create
Reflect
Regardless
Systemic
Whether
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My mom was born in Jamaica and has always been around a community of black people, so she encouraged me to get out and act. My dad, on the other hand, is from suburban Massachusetts, so he had not been around a lot of black people.
Marley Dias /
Jamaica
Massachusetts
Mom Dad Always
Encouraged
Dad Mom Community
Suburban
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For kids in 2nd or 3rd grade, I would recommend the 'Dear America' series. Most of the stories in the 'Dear America' series, if they have black girls, are about them being enslaved, but they escape or do something really adventurous.
Marley Dias /
Adventurous
Dear
Enslaved
Escape
Grade
Recommend
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Dressing in an androgynous way, mixing up the masculine and feminine, blurring those boundaries - I'm cool with that. No one should ever be limited by stereotypes of gender, just as no one should ever be limited by stereotypes of race.
Marley Dias /
Cool
Androgynous
Boundaries
Feminine
Gender
Masculine
Mixing
Race
Should
Just
Those
Dressing
Ever
Limited
Stereotypes
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When I was really little, I wanted to be our first woman president. I always knew I want to be the kind of grownup who makes people's lives better. And since that's pretty much the job of the President of the United States, it seemed like a good idea.
Marley Dias /
Good Better People
Good Idea
Grownup
Woman President
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When you are reading about a book, you focus on the main character, of course. When you have something in common with them and connect with them, you remember the lessons they learned, and then you can apply them to your life. So you can live the best life you can.
Marley Dias /
Book
Common
Focus
Lessons
Reading
Apply
Connect
Course
Main
Main Character
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If I meet someone who's Native American and I don't know anything about indigenous people in New Jersey - which I kind of don't, which is not really good - I can learn more and more about their lives, and that makes me a more open person and a more accepting person.
Marley Dias /
Indigenous
Indigenous People
Jersey
Native
Native American
New Jersey
Good Me People
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In my class - in all fifth-grade classes - we were required to read 'classics,' books like 'Shiloh,' which is about a white boy and the dog he rescues. And 'Old Yeller,' which is about a white boy and the dog that rescues him. And 'Where the Red Fern Grows,' which is about a white boy and the two dogs he trains.
Marley Dias /
Class
Grows
Red
White
Boy
Books
Classics
Read
Dogs
Trains
Required
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Most girls spend most of their time at school. If real change comes from hearing our voices, it has to start in school, but school is a place where black girls tend to experience microaggressions. Microaggressions are not always obvious, ugly, or terrible things, but they make you feel as though your voice does not matter.
Marley Dias /
Experience
Girl
Black
Hearing
Matter
Obvious
Real
School
Terrible
Ugly
Voice
Time Change Start
Feel
Time Change Experience
Does
Change Time Experience
Spend
Place
Start
Tend
Though
Where
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