Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
By: Franchesca Ramsey
3.79
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
In this sharp, funny, and incredibly timely collection of personal essays, veteran video blogger an…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Dealing with white people faux pas as a black woman is tricky: if you get upset, you can be quickly be labeled as the "angry black girl"; if you're too passive, it seems like you're give permission, or letting racism slide."-Franchesca Ramsey, Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
"As with any job, you don't just sit around achieving all day- you have to put in hours. Until that point, whenever I saw someone doing something I wanted to do, I'd devote many of those hours to negative energy. I would try to convince myself that these strangers weren't worthy of the things I wanted instead of being honesty with myself about how they got there."-Franchesca Ramsey, Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
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23. Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
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