Home / Quotes / Quote by James Weldon Johnson

Quote by James Weldon Johnson

“I noticed that among this class of colored men the word "nigger" was freely used in about the same sense as the word "fellow," and sometimes as a term of almost endearment; but I soon learned that its use was positively and absolutely prohibited to white men.”

Quote by James Weldon Johnson

Book:The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man

Work

The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson was an American author, poet, musician, and civil rights activist. He is known for his poetry, novels, and musical compositions, and was a significant figure in the American civil rights movement. more

You May Also Like

“An ego devoted to fighting against all the world’s slurs is bound for trouble.”

Fighting Resistance Egotism Egoism Egotistical Resist Slurs Egotist

Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Vapers are cunt wands,' Donna snaps.”

Book:Kala

Source: Kala

“You never forget your first "faggot." Because the memory, in its way, makes you. It becomes a spine for the body of anxieties and insecurities that will follow, something to hang all that meat on. Before you were just scrawny; now you're scrawny because you're a faggot. Before you were just bookish; now you're bookish because you're a faggot.”

Gay Prejudice Lgbtq Slurs Bookishness Scrawniness

Book:How We Fight For Our Lives

Source: How We Fight For Our Lives

“All down the years, words have been going around like pieces of shit, only to get stuck on a truck bumper with up-yours pride. Rednecks, moonshiners, ridge runners, hicks. Deplorables.”

Book:Demon Copperhead

Source: Demon Copperhead

“Finally, I found that as a result of my abusive childhood I had developed the ability to deny my feeling, intuitive self. As a child this ability kept me alive. I was powerless, small & inexperienced. It was critical that I behave according to expectations--that I not resist my father's violence, that I cast my eyes downward in a posture of guilt, & that I accept my elders' view of reality...My childhood patterns fed into the mounting abuse--it did NOT cause it. This pattern does not make me responsible for Amy's violent & abusive behavior.”

Abuse Domestic Violence Abuse Survivors Abuse Recovery Family Violence

Author:Kerry Lobel

“I closed my eyes and wished the way I felt in that moment, lucky and loved, could last forever.”

War Vulnerability Courageous Courage Quotes Overcoming Adversity Childhood Trauma Domestic Abuse Cost Of War Family Violence Family Trauma

Book:Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

Source: Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

“That they had seen it, and not tried to stop it, made me wonder if they too thought I deserved to be treated that way. Long after they had gone I felt their eyes on me as hot as a brand, burning the shame of exposure deep into my skin.”

Shame Domestic Violence Childhood Trauma Domestic Abuse Family Violence

Book:Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

Source: Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

“Though I was sure she’d never noticed it, I had spent my whole life doing what I could to protect her. I didn’t know if she could survive without me. I didn’t know who I would be if she no longer needed me to stand guard.”

Vulnerability Courageous Warfare Courage Quotes Overcoming Adversity Childhood Trauma Domestic Abuse Cost Of War Family Violence Family Trauma

Book:Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

Source: Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

“Love is the nature of the soul and when you truly love with all your heart and soul it brings you the most beautiful feeling of life.”

Love Quotes Love Quotes And Sayings Be Yourself Quotes Know Yourself Quotes Happ

Author:Shiva Negi

“It felt like someone had waved a magic wand over my life, wiping out the mother I had known before. I wasn’t sure which one was the dream – the person she had been when Dad was living with us, or the one she was now.”

War Vulnerability Courageous Courage Quotes Overcoming Adversity Childhood Trauma Domestic Abuse Cost Of War Family Violence Family Trauma

Book:Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War

Source: Enemy: A True Story of Courage, Childhood Trauma and the Cost of War