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Barbara Smith Quotes
Page 1 of 1Barbara Smith
December 16, 1946 -
Nationality: American
Category: Activist
Subcategory: American Activist
|  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. | | A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed. | | You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness. | | 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. | | 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. | | This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite. |
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