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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.
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Justice is indivisible. You can’t decide who gets civil rights and who doesn’t.
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Black women have had to develop a larger vision of our society than perhaps any other group.
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I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.
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I think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
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