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To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination.


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When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.



The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.



[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.



The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.



As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.

As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.



To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.

To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.



What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.

What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.



The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.

The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.



Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.



Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.

Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.





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Celebrate who you are and what you stand for. Give wings to your dreams and live your aspirations. You've got only one life- live it in the best way you possibly can.

Celebrate who you are and what you stand for. Give wings to your dreams and live your aspirations. You've got only one life- live it in the best way you possibly can.



One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming And here we will rest in peace

One sweet world Around this star is spinning One sweet world And in her breath I'm swimming And here we will rest in peace



A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.



Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.



I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.

I don't see that a single line can constitute a stanza, although it can constitute a whole poem.



We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide.

We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide.



Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.

Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.



Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.

Writing imaginative tales for the young is like sending coals to Newcastle. For coals.



I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies.

I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies.



Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.

Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.




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