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Black Women Have Had To Develop A Larger Vision Of Our Society Than Perhaps Any Other Group. They Have Had To Understand White Men, White Women, And Black Men. And They Have Had To Understand Themselves. When Black Women Win Victories, It Is A Boost For Virtually Every Segment Of Society.

I Don't Know Whether The Movement Crashed As A Result Of The Overwhelming Character Of The Institutions We Set Out To Change. I Think Repression Had A Lot To Do With The Dismantling Of The Movement And Also The Winning Of Certain Victories Had Something To Do With The Inability Of The Movement To Take Those Victories As The Launching Point For New Goals And Developing New Strategies.

The De Industrialization Of The Us. Economy Based On The Migration Of Corporations Into Third World Areas Where Labor Is Very Cheap And Thus More Profitable For These Companies Creates On The One Hand Conditions In Those Countries That Encourage People To Emigrate To The Us. In Search Of A Better Life. On The Other Hand, It Creates Conditions Here That Send More Black People Into The Alternative Economies, The Drug Economies, Women Into Economies In Sexual Services, And Sends Them Into The Prison Industrial Complex.

I Never Saw Myself As An Individual Who Had Any Particular Leadership Powers.

As A Black Woman, My Politics And Political Affiliation Are Bound Up With And Flow From Participation In My People's Struggle For Liberation, And With The Fight Of Oppressed People All Over The World Against American Imperialism.