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Black women have never embraced feminism. They didn't embrace it in the '50s and '60s; they're not embracing it now. That's not new. I…

— Faith Ringgold

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…

— Patricia Hill Collins

I feel the feminist movement has excluded black women. You cannot talk about being black and a woman within traditional feminist dialogue.

— Katori Hall

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

— Pearl Cleage

Womanists is what black feminists used to call themselves. Very much so. They were not the same thing. And also the relationship with men.…

— Toni Morrison

When I talk about feminism, sometimes I feel like being a black woman is cast aside.

— Jessica Williams

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can…

— Mackenzie Davis

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…

— Patricia Hill Collins

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.

— Jessica Valenti

For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of…

— Emma Watson

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

— Barbara Smith

... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other women have…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw