“Raping the Jezebel: Hypocrisy, Stereotyping, and Sexual Identity in Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” Aisha Matthews notes the way that white men attempted to paint such sexual encounters as natural,
“Womanism is committed to the wholeness and flourishing of the entire community.”
― Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
― Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
“To hear a White person remark, whether in earnest or jest, about Black men's sexual prowess or Black women's sexual promiscuity is not an uncommon experience for most Black people.”
― Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
― Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
“It is not the vaccinationists but the antivaccinationists who generate zeal. People are zealous for a cause when they are not quite positive that it is true.”
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
― Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“We see things not as they are, but as we are. Because it is the 'I' behind the 'eye' that does the seeing.”
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“If you learn about yourself from the inside, no one can ever define you from the outside.”
― When the Heart Speaks, Listen: Discovering Inner Wisdom
― When the Heart Speaks, Listen: Discovering Inner Wisdom
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