Quote by Audre Lorde
Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yoursel

Theres always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself – whether its Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. – because thats the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else. – Audre Lorde

Other quotes by Audre Lorde

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

Category:
Women
Read Quote

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. – Audre Lorde

Category:
strength
Read Quote

I cant really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? – Audre Lorde

Category:
alone
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
teacher
category

I taught in a small teachers college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didnt. – David Eddings

Category:
teacher

I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student. – James Galway

Category:
teacher

My grandmother was a teacher, my sister was a teacher, my daughter was a teacher and is now a superintendent in northern California, and my son-in-law is a high school principal. I am surrounded. – Loni Anderson

Category:
teacher

I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry. – Roald Hoffmann

Category:
teacher

Random Quotes

Ive been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues. – Keanu Reeves

Category:
amazing

Well, until this very day, Im still learning. – Dennis Brown

Category:
Learning

He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time. – George Bernard Shaw

Category:
Play/Games

The best prophet of the future is the past. – George Byron

Category:
Future