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Difference is that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged.
Audre Lorde
— Audre Lorde
Writer and activist
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) / The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, p. 112

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Audre Lorde
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) / The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, p. 112
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African American
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