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Sexism, like every other “ism,” is a willful refusal to not see what is right in front of you.

— Brittney Cooper Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

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One of feminism’s biggest failures is its failure to insist that feminism is, first and foremost, about truly, deeply, and unapologetically loving women.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

White privilege works by making the advantages white people have invisible while making the supposedly 'poor' choices of people of color hypervisible.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

When I talk about owning eloquent rage as your superpower, it comes with the clear caveat that not everyone is worth your time or your rage.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

The truth is that Angry Black Women are looked upon as entities to be contained, as inconvenient citizens who keep on talking about their rights while refusing to do their duty and smile at everyone.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

In other words, white fears rest on the presumption that they are rooted in fact; everyone who is nonwhite is treated as though their fears are the stuff of fantasy.

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018)

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