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. . . you have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It's important work.

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Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

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Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups.

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To maintain their power, dominant groups create and maintain a popular system of 'commonsense' ideas that support their right to rule. In the United States, hegemonic ideologies concerning race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation are often so pervasive that it is difficult to conceptualize alternatives to them, let alone ways of resisting the social practices that they justify.

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Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate

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Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly.

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A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and volunteers four hours a week and that's considered exemplary. [Whereas] a poor kid who lives in that community and takes care of all the kids in that neighborhood four hours every day is not seen as a volunteer.

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