Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.
Patricia Hill CollinsSocial 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.
Patricia Hill CollinsThat which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave.
Patricia Hill CollinsKnowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate
Patricia Hill CollinsFar too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
Patricia Hill CollinsI suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In other words, Black feminist thought encompasses theoretical interpretations of Black women's reality by those who live it.
Patricia Hill Collins