Why Are You so Quiet? The Adventures of a Socially Awkward Black Girl

By: Shaunese Johnson “One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgemental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.” I […]

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