To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she …

Alice Walker
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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction, p.132, Hachette UK
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To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people. ✨ Alice Walker (2013). The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction, p.132, Hachette UK

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