Quote by: Junot Diaz

I mean in the community that I grew up in, you know, a very, you know, mixed, almost entirely African Diaspora community, one of the things that we were not ever supposed to say was how much self-hatred and colorism determined and guided what we would call our desire. In other words, what we would consider beautiful.


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Author Bio


  • NameJunot Diaz
  • DescriptionDominican-American writer
  • BornDecember 31, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Dominican Republic
  • ProfessionWriter; Faculty
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Rome Prize