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“Black and white women have for so long allowed their idea of liberation to be formed by the existing status quo that they have not yet devised a strategy by which we can come together. They have had only a slave’s idea of freedom. And to the slave, the master’s way of life represents the ideal free lifestyle.”

“Racism has always been a divisive force separating black men and white men, and sexism has been a force that unites the two groups.
Men of all races in America bond on the basis of their common belief that a patriarchal social order is the only viable foundation for society.“