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Whenever the need for some pretense of communication arises, those who profit from our oppression call upon us to share our knowledge with them

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The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.
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My experience with people who tried to label me was that they usually did it to either dismiss me or use me.
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Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.
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