I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way.

Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love

Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense.

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.

In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable.

Like many white liberals, Ken sees the whiteness of his social life as more an accident of circumstance than a choice. He would welcome greater diversity in the neighbourhood. However, he does not consciously do enough work either in his social life or in the larger community to make that diversity possible.