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"I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes."
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"Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war."
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"As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think."
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