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"“I have rape‑colored skin. My light‑brown‑blackness is a living testament to the rules, the practices, the causes of the Old South.”"
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Caroline Randall Williams
Caroline Randall Williams is an American author, poet and academic best known for the 2015 cookbook Soul Food Love, co-written with her mother, author Alice Randall, and published by Random House. In February, 2016, Soul Food Love received the NAACP Image Award in Literature (Instructional).
"“I have rape‑colored skin. My light‑brown‑blackness is a living testament to the rules, the practices, the causes of the Old South.”"
"“The black people I come from were owned and raped by the white people I come from. Who dares to tell me to celebrate them?”"
"“If there are those who want to remember the legacy of the Confederacy, if they want monuments, well, then my body is a monument. My skin is a monument.”"