9 Quotes by Dean Atta

To have a loving family is to feel afraid and yet believe you are going to be all right.

I know that’s wrong, my thinking was wrong,the different ones are often the most strong

Your ignorance may be innocent but the racism is real. I want both of you to think about how what you said might make me feel.

I call myself black.I call myself queer.I call myself beautiful.I call myself eternal.I call myself iconic.I call myself futuristic.

Don’t.Don’t come out unless you want to. Don’t come out for anyone else’s sake. Don’t come out because you think society expects you to. Come out for yourself. Come out to yourself.Shout, sing it. Softly stutter. Correct those who say they knew before you did.That’s not how sexuality works, it’s yours to define.

Be a bit gay, be very gay. Be the glitter that shows up in unexpected places.

This isn’t what I wanted for your moving daybut this is what it’s like to be black in this country or anywhere in the world. They interrupt our joy. Our history. Our progress. They know they can’t stop us unless they kill us but they can’t kill us all,so you’re living your life and suddenly interrupted by white fear or suspicion. They fear sharing anything. Our success is a threat.

I wish we had more classes together. Maybe we would know each other better.In drama we're always pretending to be someone else,maybe that's school in general?

Don’t let anyone tell youthat you are half anything.