Jasmine Watts

“I had discerned the ways in which we had been sculpted by a tradition given to us by others, a tradition of which we were either willfully or accidentally ignorant. I had begun to understand that we had lent our voices to a discourse whose sole purpose was to dehumanize and brutalize others—because nurturing that discourse was easier, because retaining power always feels like the way forward.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“social psychological research suggests that how people are treated by self-relevant others is an important precursor to imposter feelings. This is because individuals’ everyday interactions are laced with significant social evaluative cues, conveying whether others see them as a person of value and worth.”
― Elizabeth Leiba, I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace