I think that’s the kind of relationship between recognition and black women. That you have to be an optimist to think something’s going to work out a… - Nell Irvin Painter

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I think that’s the kind of relationship between recognition and black women. That you have to be an optimist to think something’s going to work out and just keep trying because if you concentrate on the really awful actual facts of life, then you’ll just crawl into bed and pull the covers over your head.