The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.

Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination.

The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.

While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that this pleasure should be linked to unlearning racism.

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.

Patriarchy has no gender.