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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.

Audre Lorde

Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Angry Destroy Hatred
Out of my flesh that hungers and my mouth that knows comes the shape I am seeking for reason.
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Flesh Hunger Mouth Reason Seek Shape
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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Believe Conquer Fear Goals Inspirational Job Matter Scare
I remember how being young and Black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell.
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Black Gay Hell Loneliness Remember Truth
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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Black Lives Matter Consicious Each Other Habit Tender Women
Wherever the bird with no feet flew, she found trees with no limbs.
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Bird Deep Fly Inspirational Tree
I started writing because I had a need inside of me to create something that was not there.
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Creation Need Start Writing
You are the one that you are looking for.
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Healing Inspirational Look One Liner
Unless one lives and loves in the trenches, it is difficult to remember that the war against dehumanization is ceaseless.
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Against Battle Cease Difficult Live Love Remember War
The Seventh Sense – Women who build nations learn to love men who build nations learn to love children building sand castles by the rising sea.
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Build Castle Children Deep Learning Love Nation Rise Sea Sense Women
Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose.
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Arena Change Choose Immediate Responsiblity Stand
I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
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Honesty Learning Listen People
We must wake up knowing we have work to do and go to bed knowing we’ve done it.
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Bed Done Motivational Satisfaction Wake Up Work
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Afraid Hear Silence Speak Welcome Women Empowerment
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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Dismiss Experience Label People Try Used
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.
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Black Black Lives Matter Corruption Destroy Father Man Power Racism

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