Paris Adkins-Jackson

"I want viewers to see a glimpse into the experiences of our elders, and then, perhaps, we can extend more grace and care for a group of people surviving a world that changed around them."

"I think science is like tofu"

"Whatever seasonings you put in it, it will just sop it right up. So, if you season it with racism, it will become racist. It’s incumbent upon me as a scientist to choose my marinade differently … to season it with multiplicity, season it with different thoughts, season it with change."

"I started thinking maybe I am a bad kid."

"In the third grade, one of my teachers told me I wasn’t going to be good for anything but prostitution, and I said well maybe."