“If white American feminist theory need not deal with the differences between us, and the resulting difference in our oppressions, then how do you deal with the fact that the women who clean your houses and tend your children while you attend conferences on feminist theory are, for the most part, poor women and women of Color? What is the theory behind racist feminism?” IfsNeedsChildrenFactsHouseDifferencesWhitePoorDealsBehindsFeminismColorTheoryMen And WomenOur ChildrenCleanFeministOppressionYour ChildrenRacistConferencesFeminist Theory Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“To rescue our children we will have to let them save us from the power we embody: we will have to trust the very difference that they forever personify.” ChildrenDifferencesForeverOur ChildrenRescue Author:June Jordan
“Where I did feel a difference is learning to just work in a different way so that your resources are not completely depleted so that you don't have anything to give to your child when you go home, and fortunately I've been working long enough that I know how to make that shift so that I don't compromise my work or compromise my relationships; not compromising parenting is really the biggest difference.” KnowsWayGivingFeelsChildrenLongDifferentEnoughHomeDifferencesKnow HowResourcesOur ChildrenCompromiseYour ChildrenDifferent Ways Author:Laura Linney
“From my membership in all of these groups I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sizes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression.” ChildrenGoalDifferencesGroupsShareColorShapesOur ChildrenSizeSexualityOppressionLiberationIntoleranceI Have LearnedHierarchyMembership Author:Audre Lorde
“The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children.” ChildrenPoetryDifferencesReadyPoetOur ChildrenYour ChildrenRhetoricKilling Yourself Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“It is so important not to let ourselves off the hook or to become apathetic or cynical by telling ourselves that nothing works or makes a difference. Every day, light your small candle.... The inaction and actions of many human beings over a long time contributed to the crises our children face, and it is the action and struggle of many human beings over time that will solve them-with God's help. So every day, light your small candle.” HumansChildrenLongImportantHelpingLightActionFacesDifferencesHuman BeingsStruggleLong TimeOur ChildrenCrisisEnvironmentalSolveMaking A DifferenceCandleCynicalSustainabilityHookInactionApathetic Author:Marian Wright Edelman
“Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.” WritingChildrenDifferencesEducationTeachOur ChildrenEducational Author:George H. W. Bush
“We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.” YearsChildrenOpportunityFeltDifferencesGreaterAchieveSecurityWindowOur ChildrenRetirementPartisansWindow Of OpportunityUnreachable Author:Gordon Smith
“The greatest stumbling block for children in worship is that their parents do not cherish the hour. Children can feel the difference between duty and delight. Therefore, the first and most important job of a parent is to fall in love with the worship of God. You can't impart what you don't possess.” FeelsFirstsChildrenImportantJobsFallParentHoursDifferencesDutyWorshipOur ChildrenFalling In LoveDelightBlockCherishImpartStumblingImportant JobsStumbling Blocks Author:John Piper