Barbara Smith

Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.

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