“And when two people have loved each other see how it is like a scar between their bodies, stronger, darker, and proud; how the black cord makes of them a single fabric that nothing can tear or mend.” PeopleLoveTwoBodyBlackTearsProudStrongerScarFabricCords Book:Of Gravity & Angels Source: Of Gravity & Angels
“Whatever a 'superior' group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an 'inferior' group has will be used to justify its plight. Black men were given poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'stronger' than white men, while all women were relegated to poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'weaker.” MenSaidJobsUsedGivenBlackWhiteGroupsPaidStrongerDiscriminationSuperiorsJustifyInferiorsSuperiorityWhite ManPlight Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
“I am a Black Lesbian Feminist Warrior Poet Mother, stronger for all my identities, and I am indivisible.” MotherBlackIdentityPoetStrongerFeministWarriorIndivisible Author:Audre Lorde
“We were land-based agrarian people from Africa. We were uprooted from Africa, and we spent 200 years developing our culture as black Americans. And then we left the South. We uprooted ourselves and attempted to transplant this culture to the pavements of the industrialized North. And it was a transplant that did not take. I think if we had stayed in the South, we would have been a stronger people. And because the connection between the South of the 20's, 30's and 40's has been broken, it's very difficult to understand who we are.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsHas BeensCultureLeftDifficultBlackLandBrokenConnectionsStrongerSouthDevelopingWho We ArePavementTransplants Author:August Wilson
“I think everything happens for a reason and all of my choices have led me up to my solo album and made me stronger, not only as an artist but as a person. I want to do more the Black Eyed Peas albums and more of my own albums. I'm in this for the long run.” ThinkingWantPersonsLongMadeReasonHappensRunningArtistChoicesBlackMy OwnStrongerAlbumsThings HappenLong RunsSoloEverything Happens For A ReasonPeasHappens For A ReasonBlack Eyed Peas Author:Fergie