Social Conditions That Spur Large Numbers Of

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.

The Role Model Approach To Social Change Is No Substitute For Challenging Unjust Employment Practices, Educational Policies And Housing.

Black Women's Feelings Of Responsibility For Nurturing The Children In Their Own Extended Family Networks Have Stimulated A More Generalized Ethic Of Care Where Black Women Feel Accountable To All The Black Community's Children.

Under The Color-blind Ideology Of The New Racism, Blackness Must Be Seen As Evidence For The Alleged Color Blindness That Seemingly Characterizes Contemporary Economic Opportunity.

Far Too Many Black Men Who Praise Their Own Mother Feel Less Accounted To The Mothers Of Their Own Children.