Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.

If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that I’m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love.

I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.

Our hearts connect with lots of folks in a lifetime but most of us will go to our graves with no experience of true love.

The practice of love is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination.

Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love.