True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a place on the job market, a place her mate could not get or which his pride would not let him accept. And she had nothing to fall back on: not maleness, not whiteness, not ladyhood, not anything. And out of the profound desolation of her reality she may very well have invented herself.
Toni Morrison (via awakeningapril)

(Source: legacy.library.ucsb.edu)

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Posted on Monday, 3 September
Reblogged from: someareblindtoitsbeauty
Posted by: unapproachableblackchicks
Source: Toni Morrison (via awakeningapril)

(Source: legacy.library.ucsb.edu)


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