Friday, September 10, 2021

Never Completely Escaped, Scars of My Childhood, Alvin Ailey

“I am a person who has never completely escaped from the scars of my childhood. Racism, which leaves a shadow on one's sense of accomplishment, can make one feel like a perpetual outsider.” - Alvin Ailey, Essence, November 1988

Found in Contemporary Quotations in Black, compiled and edited by Anita King, page 4.

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