As outsiders, we need each other for support and connection and all the other necessities of living on the borders. But in order to come together we … - Audre Lorde

As Black women we have the right and responsibility to define ourselves and to seek our allies in common cause: with Black men against racism, and with each other and white women against sexism. But most of all, as Black women we have the right and responsibility to recognize each other without fear and to love where we choose. Both lesbian and heterosexual Black women today share a history of bonding and strength to which our sexual identities and our other differences must not blind us.

Interdependency between women is the way to a freedom which allows the I to be, not in order to be used, but in order to be creative. This is a difference between the passive be and the active being.

For survival, Black children in america must be raised to be warriors. For survival, they must also be raised to recognize the enemy’s many faces.