Kimberle Williams Crenshaw quotes
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“It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's about changing the very face of power itself.”
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“The empowerment of black women constitutes the empowerment of our entire community.”
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“If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks.”
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“If we aren’t intersectional, some of us, the most vulnerable, are going to fall through the cracks.”
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“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when antiracism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other and both interests lose.”
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“Nonwhite and working-class women, if they are ever to identify with the organized women's movement, must see their own diverse experiences reflected in the practice and policy statements of these predominantly white middle-class groups.”
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“... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other women have voiced their opposition and paid the price: they have been ostracized and branded as either man- haters or pawns of white feminists, two of the more predictable modes of disciplining and discrediting black feminists.”
-- Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
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Source : Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company
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“Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.”
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“I love going out and it is a bit sad when the photographers stop asking you for your picture.”
Source : "Meet La Belle Anglaise" By Anna Pursglove, Evening Standard, December 15, 2000.
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Source : "Aaron Sorkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2010.
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“As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.”
Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. March 23, 2012.
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