"Dear Martin" Quotes
"Dear Martin" follows high school student Justyce McAllister as he grapples with racial profiling and injustice in America.
young adult | 224 pages | Published in 2017
Quotes
Sometimes it seems like if you’re a black male who doesn’t act a certain way, you’re not a real black male.
No matter how much you know, no matter how careful you are, sometimes you can’t win.
It’s not what you do, it’s how you look doing it.
But then you remember that it wasn’t the Klan that killed Dr. King. It was some dude with a name like yours.
It’s up to you to carve out your own legacy.
It’s not the color of your skin that makes you who you are. It’s your heart.
People are gonna judge you anyway. Don’t try to make their job easier.
You can’t change how other people think and act, but you’re in full control of you.
Fear can be a good thing. It can keep you safe.
You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react.
