That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave.

Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.

Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate

Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.

Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.

Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity.

I have nothing against kids—as long as they go home with their parents at the end of the day.

What The Scriptures Refer To As Sin, In The Medical World It’s Responsible For Disease

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.

The cooler days have brought a wistful mood upon him. The smell of coalsmoke in the air at night. Old times, dead years. For him such memories are bitter ones.

Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid. And Patrick's vision was so complete there.

I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.