"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction."
-Audre Lorde
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"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.“
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"When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture."
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"In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men."
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"Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men."
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"We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because what was native has been stolen from us, the love of Black women for each other."
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"Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests."
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