Patricia J. Williams

(1951) Lawyer

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Patricia J. Williams is a lawyer, best known for Change Begins with a Whisper.

Quick Facts About Patricia J. Williams

Born: August 28, 1951
Profession: Lawyer
Notable works: Change Begins with a Whisper

About Patricia J. Williams

Patricia J. Williams is an American legal scholar and a proponent of critical race theory, a school of legal thought that emphasizes race as a fundamental determinant of the American legal system.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Patricia J. Williams

We humans have always needed rituals to draw like curtains over the chasms of the unknown. Without them we go mad, I…

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Chasms

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witch-hunting misogyny is fiercely recurrent in this nation, even if its forms vary with the ages.

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Age

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to speak as black, female, and commercial lawyer has rendered me simultaneously universal, trendy, and marginal.

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Black

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Hilary Clinton's great sin was that she left the nicely wallpapered domestic sphere with a slam of the door, took up public…

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Apology

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I have no fresh-from-the-oven mother-daughter recollections - only the daily creaking of cans being opened and the sucking sound of gelatinous vegetables…

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Daughter