Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity.
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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The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
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We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.
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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 believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.
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The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do.
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Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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Anger is loaded with information and energy.
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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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The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.
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The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.
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For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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