I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.

Here I am a woman attorney being told I can't practice law in slacks by a judge dressed in drag.

I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.

What you must understand is oppression does not end with the niggers. It does not end with the poor people, it doesn't end with the women, or the pregnant women. It goes on up the line to the executive who has his bag searched in the airport.

I'm just a loud-mouthed middle-aged colored lady with a fused spine and three feet of intestines missing and a lot of people think I'm crazy. Maybe you do too, but I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. The mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.

I never stop to wonder why I'm not like other people. They mystery to me is why more people aren't like me.

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive