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Donna Hill was Patrisse and Carla’s art history teacher at Cleveland High School. She let Patrisse and Carla move in with her after graduation to give them more stable lives after over a year of homelessness. Patrisse stayed for two years, and Carla stayed for three. Patrisse considered Donna to be one of her spiritual guides—she taught Patrisse Transcendental Meditation and, rather than yelling at the girls when angry, taught them about what it means to act considerately while building a community. Donna also helped Patrisse find her first job out of high school, working at a social justice camp. Patrisse has remained close with Donna through adulthood.
Donna Hill Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Donna Hill or refer to Donna Hill. 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 6
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She is the first adult who doesn’t think who we are, how we live and love, needs anything but support, some architecture. She understands our, Carla’s and mine, emerging idea of building intentional family, a concept that I suppose will later become the basis of our theory of change.
To outsiders—in many cases outsiders being our families—our relationships may have seemed complex or odd or even dangerous. But to us they made sense. To us they were oxygen and still are.
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Donna Hill Quotes in When They Call You a Terrorist
The When They Call You a Terrorist quotes below are all either spoken by Donna Hill or refer to Donna Hill. 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 6
Quotes
She is the first adult who doesn’t think who we are, how we live and love, needs anything but support, some architecture. She understands our, Carla’s and mine, emerging idea of building intentional family, a concept that I suppose will later become the basis of our theory of change.
To outsiders—in many cases outsiders being our families—our relationships may have seemed complex or odd or even dangerous. But to us they made sense. To us they were oxygen and still are.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
