Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Patricia Hill Collins
Born: May 1, 1948 (age 77)
Bio: Patricia Hill Collins is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Known for:
- Black Feminist Thought (1990)
- On Intellectual Activism (2012)
- From Black Power to Hip Hop (2006)