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Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black wo...more

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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created f...more

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There is a way that the men speak to women that reminds me too much of Pa. They listen just long enough to issue instructions. They don’t even look at...more

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On Stripping Bark from Myself(for Jane, who said trees die from it)Because women are expected to keep silent abouttheir close escapes I will not keep ...more

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The world is changing, I said. It is no longer a world just for boys and men.Our women are respected here, said the father. We would never let them tr...more