Carolina Quotes
I think it's part of my history. It's part of who I am. I can't explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and so passionately but race matters to me. Racial equality matters very much to me, as does gender. There's something about these kinds of social injustices that go to the deep of me.
Sue Monk Kidd Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Interview with Lynn Neary, All Things Considered, NPR, January 8, 2014
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