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born 1969 United States

Rebecca Walker (born November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist.

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Also known as: Adé: A Love Story

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What the heart desires is medicine to itself.

Adé: A Love Story (2013)

Part of what I wanted to do with Baby Love was to suggest that not only are you giving birth to a baby, but also you can use the experience to give birth to a new sense of yourself.

You are my first love.” And then, “You will be my only love.

Adé: A Love Story (2013)

Their take on me was, 'Look, you're not afraid you will be gassed, you're not drinking out of the coloured water fountain; you've got it really good,' so they didn't really understand that being biracial and the child of divorce would affect me in the way it did.

She once told me that because I am lighter-skinned than her I would be treated better, and then the divorce from my father, I think she felt betrayed by whiteness in a certain kind of way, and I represent that whiteness.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rebecca Walker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.