I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.

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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

I'm such a girl for the living room. I really like to stay in my...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able...

Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.

Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

They said love is like a toy. When it's new, it's so loved and don't...

They said love is like a toy. When it's new, it's so loved and don't...