Barbara Smith
Barbara Smith
Barbara Smithis an American lesbian feminist and socialist who has played a significant role in building and sustaining Black Feminism in the United States. Since the early 1970s she has been active as a critic, teacher, lecturer, author, scholar, and publisher of Black feminist thought. She has also taught at numerous colleges and universities over the last twenty five years. Smith's essays, reviews, articles, short stories and literary criticism have appeared in a range of publications, including The New York...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth19 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
We've always been struggling with obesity in medicine. We've all recognized it will take a community effort to tackle the problem.
We would run a road, we would create a pad and we would run a pipe, so if we ever did need a treatment system and did need to hook up, we would be ready.
There is a lot of confusion right now, and this just makes it worse.
Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semitism, is our profound scepticism that white people can actually be oppressed.
One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish.