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

- Patricia Hill Collins

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

- Patricia Hill Collins

Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

- Patricia Hill Collins

A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that's considered exemplary. [Where…

- Patricia Hill Collins

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

- Patricia Hill Collins

The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist …

- Patricia Hill Collins

Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfo…

- Patricia Hill Collins

I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Bla…

- Patricia Hill Collins

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

- Patricia Hill Collins