Ben Aaronovitch Quote

People are conditioned by the media to think that black women are all shouting, and head shaking and girlfriending and oh no you didn’t and if they’re not sassy, then they’re dignified and downtrodden and soldiering on and I don’t understand why folks just can’t get along. But if you see a black woman go quiet the way Tyburn did, the eyes bright, the lips straight and the face still as a death mask, you have made an enemy for life, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred. Do

Ben Aaronovitch

People are conditioned by the media to think that black women are all shouting, and head shaking and girlfriending and oh no you didn’t and if they’re not sassy, then they’re dignified and downtrodden and soldiering on and I don’t understand why folks just can’t get along. But if you see a black woman go quiet the way Tyburn did, the eyes bright, the lips straight and the face still as a death mask, you have made an enemy for life, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred. Do

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About Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the series of novels Rivers of London. He also wrote two Doctor Who serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from Doctor Who and Blake's 7.