Major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

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

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine someone watching a boot stamping on a human face - forever...and ‘liking’ it.

Too often, many people choose goals that are not inspiring and empowering to them

It's wearying, like Caliban buttonholing you in hell and telling you the struggle he's having getting along with himself.

For my first wedding, I cried all the way down the aisle. My fake eyelash came off. My nose was red. My eyes were swollen. I'm not one of those pretty criers.

But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.

We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.

I'm the expert when it comes to my paintings. I think all great painters have to have that confidence in what they are seeking and when they're getting there.