Creative Quotations from Barbara Smith (1946-????)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Barbara Smith
(1946-????) born on Dec 16

US editor, writer. She was co-founder and publisher of "Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press."

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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.

A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound skepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.

This invisibility [of Black women], however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.

Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	In "The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya," by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
R:	"Yours in Strusgie," part 2, 1984
A:	In "The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya," by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
N:	In "The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya," by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
K:	In "The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya," by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.