"The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being."—Toni Morrison
"Educating the conqueror is not our business. But if it were, the best way to do it is to not explain anything to him, but to make ourselves strong."—Toni Morrison
The full transcript of her "A Humanist View" speech and Q&A at Portland State University in 1975 that these quotes are from is a good read, check it out here if you like: https://www.mackenzian.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Transcript_PortlandState_TMorrison.pdf
P.S. my "racists eat shit" tag is a continuation of the "racists eat shit" tag used and maybe created by my fedi mutual oya, who is lovely and deserves all good things