Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. -Barbara Smith

 

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.


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This quote is just one of 9 total Barbara Smith quotes in our collection. Barbara Smith is known for saying 'Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.' as well as some of the following quotes.

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

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This invisibility [of Black women], however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite. -Barbara Smith
189

We've always been struggling with obesity in medicine. We've all recognized it will take a community effort to tackle the problem.

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185

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

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146
They're the law and if they're running around, you'd think they'd be telling people. I had no clue what was out there. There's so much rumor in this town. -Barbara Smith
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

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