No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus…

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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...

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...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...