5 Quotes & Sayings By Mekiah Johnson

Mekiah Johnson is the author of The House Party, which was selected as one of the Top Ten Books of 2012 by Oprah's Book Club. She is also the author of Stuck, Stuck in my Mind, Stuck on Stuck, and Stuck with Stuck. Mekiah was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two cats.

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No matter how weird we all are, were still human. Mekiah Johnson
I refuse to be put in a cage that gleams...
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I refuse to be put in a cage that gleams golden for many, but bronze for me. I would much rather be a dove in the sky, flying out into the open, into the sky, into the beyond. Mekiah Johnson
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You know what I absolutely hate? When people say "the first African-american to do this or the first native to do this" like, seriously, I don't care. At all. I care much more about what you do than the color of your skin. You are just another human being like everybody else. Mekiah Johnson
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Anybody can take offense in everything. You will just go crazy if you try to make everything politically correct every single second. Mekiah Johnson