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“I wasn't cute or passive enough to be "femme," and I wasn't mean or tough enough to be "butch." I was given a wide berth. Non-conventional people can be dangerous, even in the gay community.”
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
― Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
“Students who excel in active listening also contribute much to the formation of community. This is also true of students who may not speak often but when they speak (sometimes only when reading required writing) the significance of what they have to say far exceeds those of other students who may always openly discuss ideas. And of course there are times when an active silence, one that includes pausing to think before one speaks, adds much to classroom dynamics.”
― Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
― Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
“Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as an escape.”
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“Raising Black children — female and male — in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they will probably not survive.”
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
― Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Thinking is an action. For all aspiring intellectuals, thoughts are the laboratory where one goes to pose questions and find answers, and the place where visions of theory and praxis come together. The heartbeat of critical thinking is the longing to know—to understand how life works. Children are organically predisposed to be critical thinkers. Across the boundaries of race, class, gender, and circumstance, children come into the world of wonder and language consumed with a desire for knowledge. Sometimes they are so eager for knowledge that they become relentless interrogators—demanding”
― Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
― Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
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