I 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.
AUDRE LORDEWhat woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heel print upon another woman’s face?
More Audre Lorde Quotes
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I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
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Dark-bright fire lit eyes.
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In the recognition of loving lies the answer to despair.
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.
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We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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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 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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I am bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.
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I wish to raise a Black man who will recognize that the legitimate objects of his hostility are not women, but the particulars of a structure that programs him to fear and despise women as well as his own Black self.
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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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I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
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Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn’t matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.
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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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