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Quotes tagged “Women of Color Feminists”

“My most salient marked identities are that I’m African, Black, Catholic, and a woman...this tends to complicate people’s perception of me; it makes relating to all parts of me, difficult, for them...many people don’t seem to know what to do when complexity of self is embraced rather than denied. And people become uncomfortable; but I am not here to make you comfortable.”
— Kovie Biakolo, I Am Not Here To Make You Comfortable
Tagged: Race, Intersectionality, POC writers, Marginalized Communities, Marginalized Women, Identity Politics, Writing and Identity, The Complexity of Identity, I Do Not Exist For Your Comfort, Race and Religion, Race and Nationality, Intersectional Feminism, Women of Color Feminists, The Complexity of Self
“I am more of a centrist than a radical when it comes to capitalism, in that I feel like… to dismantle capitalism before everyone has had a chance to enjoy it is the height of privilege…so yes let’s dismantle capitalism, but can we just get some of it first?”
— Roxane Gay, Roxane Gay, Feminism and Difficult Women | Appel Salon | March 16th, 2017
Tagged: Marginalized Communities, Capitalism, The Height of Privilege, Privilege, Dismantle Privilege First, Capitalism for Marginalized People, Women of Color Activists, Women of Color Feminists

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