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Barbara Smith
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Quotes by Barbara Smith
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A black feminist perspective has no use for ranking oppressions, but instead demonstrates the simultaneity of oppressions as they affect Third World women’s lives”.
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Feminism is the political theory and practice that struggles to free all women: women of color, working-class women, poor women, disabled women, lesbians, old women – as well as white, economically privileged, heterosexual women. Anything less than this vision of total freedom is not feminism, but merely female self-aggrandizement.
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We are certainly damaged people. The question is, finally, do we use that damage, that first-hand knowledge of oppression, to recognize each other, to do what work we can together? Or do we use it to destroy?
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The chief advantage I see is it puts the responsibility and flexibility for managing time off in the hands of the employee.
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The home was originally owned by the Phelps family. Guy Phelps, who originally owned it, was a veterinarian in Montgomery. Actually he was more like the veterinarian for Montgomery.
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This helps (the students) in getting over their shyness of talking to adults and (shows them) how they need to open up.
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I just can't understand why something like this would happen in the neighborhood. It makes you want to get more locks on the doors.
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They will be doing interviews if they go directly into the job market and for summer jobs. And for those going to college, they might have to interview to get into a specific major or for a scholarship.
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It'll probably bring it to the attention of more people. They seem to think we don't have a museum, even though we used to have it in the paper every week starting with 1972.
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