We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they’re beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
BELL HOOKSThe rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.
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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us.
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To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.
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The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
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I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.
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Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe – not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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All the men I fall for seem to have a commitment problem.
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To know love we have to invest time and commitment.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.
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