Quote by Toni Morrison
I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrou

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. – Toni Morrison

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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double. – Toni Morrison

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Sisters
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There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people. – Toni Morrison

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Education
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Womens rights is not only an abstraction, a cause it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us it is also about me and you. Just the two of us. – Toni Morrison

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Equality
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