“Acknowledge the fact that we are women of color, so when you do single us out, be aware of that and what you're doing especially because some of us are getting death threats, because some of us are being singled out in many ways because of our backgrounds, because of our experiences and so forth.”— Rashida Tlaib, cbsnews.com
“Issa: Why you assuming I like Drake? Daniel: Every black girl that went to college likes Drake. Issa: He just really gets us.”— Larry Wilmore, Issa Rae, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com
“Black women aren’t bitter, they’re just tired of being expected to settle for less.”— Larry Wilmore, Issa Rae, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com
“The purpose was to uplift one another as they saw a disparity in how women of color were treated when they reported abuse.”— Sandra E. Garcia, nytimes.com
“That’s another reason why I center black and brown girls. There are nuances in our community around sexual violence that are informed by centuries of oppression and white supremacy, but we have to confront them.”— Tarana Burke, thenation.com
“But here’s the thing, women of color on that spectrum, we make far less than white women. So, if we’re gonna have that conversation about pay equity, we gotta bring the women of color to the table.”— Octavia Spencer, indiewire.com
“I think representation is exceedingly important. I think women of colour in the writing world are an absolute need.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“I think little girls of colour need as much representation as they can get, and the more women of colour that exist not just in literature but in the arts world in general, the more chance they have of being represented authentically. I use my voice to give words to the silent. I shout because I HAD…”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“The biggest gift for any writer in the world, is to be read, and for the words they have written to help and move people. To be able to be part of a thing so much greater than myself is humbling and I am nothing but grateful that so many wonderful people have read and found healing in my words.”— Nikita Gill, shopcatalog.com
“As with most good things, a Black woman named Tarana Burke was the original creator of the #MeToo awareness movement, but you would never know that from whom TIME chose to put on its cover instead.”— Hari Ziyad, afropunk.com
“Memoir and personal narrative are demeaned or considered to be navel-gazing. I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal survival tale, your story, is civic engagement. It is a kind of political performance and is real…”— Faith Adiele, therumpus.net
“Society’s obsession with the way women look is less about beauty than about obedience to a punishing external standard — and power. When women compete to ‘stay young,’ we collude in our own disempowerment. When we rank other women by age, we reinforce ageism, sexism, lookism and patriarchy. What els…”— Ashton Applewhite, nytimes.com
“Mainstream feminism marginalizes women of colour. It fails to recognize that gender inequality and racial inequality are intersectional. And race isn’t the only thing that white feminism is missing. Feminism should be about all women, not just one type of woman. How can we talk about sexism without…”— Melisa Ergin, thoughtcatalog.com