Carolina QuotesThe farther away you move from our dominant assumptions about who should have expertise, generally speaking, the more you have to prove that you have a legitimate claim to whatever you're speaking on. For black women that means we're dealing with racist ideas and stereotypes about who's knowledge is valuable, but we're also dealing with gender stereotypes about who should be allowed to speak and to lead…
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On the professional difficulties faced by Black women in “In 'Thick,' Tressie McMillan Cottom Looks At Beauty, Power And Black Womanhood In America” in WBUR (2019 Jan 21)
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