That's what all activists need to do: we look at the ugline… - Loretta Ross

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That's what all activists need to do: we look at the ugliness of the world and we keep on working.

Loretta Ross

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About Loretta Ross

Loretta J. Ross (born August 16, 1953) is an African American academic, feminist, and activist who advocates for reproductive justice, especially among women of color. As an activist, Ross has written on reproductive justice activism and the history of African American women.

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Alternative Names: Loretta J. Ross • Loretta June Ross • Ross, Loretta June

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College is where you're supposed to find out things about yourself, discover your voice, and discover what moves you and what makes you passionate.

Even if you can't see the changes that you want to see immediately, you just keep on doing the work and eventually they will radically change in a way that's totally unanticipated but at the same time is what you're working for.

If a Black woman can learn to have civil conversations with someone who's been in the Ku Klux Klan, we should be able to have civil conversations with everybody.

That's what all activists need to do: we look at the ugliness of the world and we keep on working. - Loretta Ross

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