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Barbara Smith Quotes

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.

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.

Barbara Smith
Love, Life, Trust

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Barbara Smith
Feminist, Black, Feminism
Barbara Smith (1983). “Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology”, p.36, Rutgers University Press

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.

Barbara Smith
Unique, Black, Important

Major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

Barbara Smith
Color, White, People
"Yours in Struggle: Three Feminist Perspectives on Anti-Semitism and Racism".

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