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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expe...more

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This kind of action is a prevalent error among oppressed peoples. It is based upon the false notion that there is only a limited and particular amount...more

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I cannot hide my anger to spare you guilt, nor hurt feelings, nor answering anger; for to do so insults and trivializes all our efforts. Guilt is not ...more

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The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor which is pla...more

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Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.

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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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The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our worl...more

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Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is th...more

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What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heelprint upon another woman's face? What woman's terms of oppression hav...more