Barbara Smith quotes
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“Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.”
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“One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.”
-- Barbara SmithSource : Barbara Smith (1983). “Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology”, p.36, Rutgers University Press
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“A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.”
-- Barbara SmithSource : "Yours in Struggle: Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism".
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“Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.11, Courier Corporation
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“Love shouldn't make our choices for us; it should just add importance to our choices.”
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“Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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