Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.

Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.

That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave.

The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which it reflects and which it seeks to foster, Black feminist thought can create a collective identity among African-American women about the dimensions of a Black women's standpoint. Through the process of rearticulating, Black feminist thought can offer African-American women a different view of ourselves and our worlds

Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate

Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.

Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.