Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

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

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

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

Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity.

Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.