Carolina QuotesI think that’s the kind of relationship between recognition and black women. That you have to be an optimist to think something’s going to work out and just keep trying because if you concentrate on the really awful actual facts of life, then you’ll just crawl into bed and pull the covers over your head.
Nell Irvin Painter Connected to the Carolinas
Source
On Black women being recognized in “My Conversation With Legendary Historian & Artist Nell Painter: A Must Read Interview For Black Women” in Madame Noire (2013 Feb 28)
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“I think that’s the kind of relationship between recognition …” Nell Irvin Painter. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-6A79D2F2C0. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/6a79d2f2c0
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