All Patricia Hill Collins Quotes
- Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly. Challenges
- I suggest that Black feminist thought consists of specialised knowledge created by African-American women which clarifies a standpoint of and for Black women. In other… African
- Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate Adequate
- The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing. Approach
- Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to… Changes
- The potential significance of Black feminist thought goes far beyond demonstrating that African-American women can be theorists. Like Black feminist practice, which it reflects and… African
- Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood. Afrocentric
- A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that's considered exemplary. [Whereas] a… All
- That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave. Admiration
- To maintain their power, dominant groups create and maintain a popular system of 'commonsense' ideas that support their right to rule. In the United States,… Alone
- Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children. Accounted
- Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people. Activism
- Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation. Culture
- Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black… Accountable
- Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero.… Action
- Despite long-standing claims by elites that Blacks, women, Latinos, and other similarly derogated groups in the United States remain incapable of producing the type of… Analytical
- Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity. Conceptions
- Under the color-blind ideology of the new racism, Blackness must be SEEN as evidence for the alleged color blindness that seemingly characterizes contemporary economic opportunity. Alleged