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How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. – Alice Walker

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It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put – without delay, and with tenderness – back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try. – Alice Walker

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I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, black feminist does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the spirit that we see in black women. And its just… womanish. – Alice Walker

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