Mara Brock Akil Quotes

• Thank you for seeing me on the days when I couldn't see myself.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Seeing

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• I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Writing, Black, Humans

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• A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and Im willing to do without until I get it.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Personality, Want, Staples

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• We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Culture, Cases, Stills

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• Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Thinking, Race, People

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• Any form of media is an opportunity to be a mirror and reflection of what we are experiencing more in the details of our life. What makes it fun and unique in a lot of ways is how that journey is changing just by the mere fact of the current time.

  Mara Brock Akil

  Fun, Reflection, Unique

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