Apartheid Quote by Audre Lorde

“Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.” quote by Audre Lorde — Download Open image

“Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.”

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