“What keeps a poor child in Appalachia poor is not what keeps a poor child in Chicago poor—even if from a distance, the outcomes look the same. And what keeps an able-bodied black woman poor is not what keeps a disabled white man poor, even if the outcomes look the same.” PovertyChicagoBlack WomenDisabledIntersectionalityAppalachiaWomen Of Color Book:So You Want to Talk About Race Source: So You Want to Talk About Race
“White women will heap praise on my words calling for the destruction of the patriarchy, and then turn around and ask why I have to ‘be so divisive’ or say dismissively that I ‘sound like Al Sharpton’ when I dare bring up race.” FeminismRacismIntersectionalityAl Sharpton Book:So You Want to Talk About Race Source: So You Want to Talk About Race