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Cynthia was Patrisse’s neighbor when she was growing up and also Monte’s on-again, off-again partner. A low-income Black woman who was shot in a drive-by shooting while at a party and paralyzed from the waist down, Cynthia tried to care for Monte (and their son Chase). But given Monte’s mental illness, she didn’t have the capacity to do so. During one of Monte’s manic episodes after returning from prison, he destroyed everything in Cynthia’s house, and she made him move out.
Cynthia Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Cynthia or refer to Cynthia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 8
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I am thinking of all the people, like my brother, like my father—who have been the targets of harm, not the harm itself. And yet they are the ones whom society views as disposable […] I am filled with a sense of rage and a call to action at the idea that my brother, my Monte, is considered someone disposable to these people. But to me and my mother and to my sister and my brother, to Chase and to Cynthia, Monte was never disposable.
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Cynthia Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Cynthia or refer to Cynthia. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 8
Quotes
I am thinking of all the people, like my brother, like my father—who have been the targets of harm, not the harm itself. And yet they are the ones whom society views as disposable […] I am filled with a sense of rage and a call to action at the idea that my brother, my Monte, is considered someone disposable to these people. But to me and my mother and to my sister and my brother, to Chase and to Cynthia, Monte was never disposable.
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