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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

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I never believe white people when they tell me they aren't racist. I have no reason to.... It is neither possible nor necessary to be morally exempt in order to stand in opposition to oppression.

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If we have to wait for racism to be obliterated before we can begin to address sexism, we will be waiting for a long time.

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Black women's existence, experience and culture and the brutally complex systems of oppression which shape these are in the "real world" of white and/or male consciousness beneath consideration, invisible, unknown.

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Rape is a national pastime, a form of torture visited upon all girls and women, from babies to the aged.

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Barbara Smith

Barbara Smith

Born: December 16, 1946 (age 78)
Bio: Barbara Smith is an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States.
Known for:
  1. Toward a Black Feminist Criticism (1980)
  2. B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style (2009)
  3. Ghost Stories of California (2000)
  4. Ghost Stories of the Rocky Mountains (1999)

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