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Mitsuye Yamada Quotes

We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.

We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.

Mitsuye Yamada
Voice, Needs, Littles
Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press

We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects.

Mitsuye Yamada
Minorities, Way, Remember
Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press

If the majority culture know so little about us, it must be our problem, they seem to be telling us; the burden of teaching is on us.

Mitsuye Yamada
Teaching, Majority, Culture

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