Quote by Audre Lorde
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Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move upon our common interests. – Audre Lorde

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In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequently heard that Black women are more easily hired than are Black men. – Audre Lorde

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I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960s, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. – Audre Lorde

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Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men. – Audre Lorde

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Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them. – Marya Mannes

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