Occupation: Author Birth: September 25, 1952
The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, i….
As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gai….
Black males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black identity be de….
No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough..
We don't really live in a culture that loves boys or loves children, and we don't encourage boys to be whole..
The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution..
Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black people all that is good ….
If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue..
Love is an action, never simply a feeling..
When I began to think deeply about the metaphysics of love I talked with everyone around me about it. I talked to large audiences and even had wee on….
Women have endeavored to guide men to love because patriarchal thinking has sanctioned this work even as it has undermined it by teaching men to refu….
I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy..
It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared struggle, that we are each other's fa….
When we are more energized by the practice of blaming than we are by efforts to create transformation, we not only cannot find relief from suffering,….
Even the wealthiest professional woman can be "brought down" by being in a relationship where she longs to be loved and is consistently lied to. To t….
It was the world of Southern, rural, black growing up, of folks sitting on porches day and night, of folks calling your mama, 'cause you walked by an….
Is it more important that you, as a white male, read my work and learn from it, or what you call me? I think it's more important that you read my wor….
I think part of Western metaphysical dualism is, we're always being asked to choose one over the other..
In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable..
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape..
Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair..