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Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of differ...more

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For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable ...more

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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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Black men are not so passive that they must have Black women speak for them. Even my fourteen-year-old son knows that. Black men themselves must exami...more

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If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, ...more

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The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us t...more

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Women of today are still being called upon to stretch across the gap of male ignorance and to educate men as to our existence and our needs. This is a...more

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It is as hard for our children to believe that we are not omnipotent as it is for us to know it, as parents. But that knowledge is necessary as the fi...more

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Men who are afraid to feel must keep women around to do their feeling for them while dismissing us for the same supposedly "inferior" capacity to feel...more