Oppression is as American as apple pie.
AUDRE LORDEI wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I am a Black, Lesbian, Feminist, Warrior, Poet, Mother – stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.
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To that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent.
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We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Without community, there is no liberation.
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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
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I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.
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Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Your silence will not protect you.
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The more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid.
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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.
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Our visions begin with our desires.
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Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.
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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.
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We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other.
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We are powerful because we have survived, and that is what it is all about survival and growth.
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