Quotes About Empowerment

So we want to free the women of America? You know what would free the women of America? Make men accept responsibility for birth control.

I'm really happy to bring bisexuality to TV because you don't see that often on television, especially with women.

You got a snaggletooth? Show it off. You have an overbite? Bite some more.

No one wants to see my bits jiggling.

I can't sit around and be bitter all the time. I have to go out and create my own little world, one that won't change when I'm not ready for it to.

I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

Do you have any idea what Ali meant to black people? He was the leader of a nation, the leader of Black America. As a young black, at times I was ashamed of my color; I was ashamed of my hair. And Ali made me proud.

We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better.

I don't like to do press. But I know sometimes I need to do it because every time I do there's young people - black and white, but I think about young African-Americans because that's the experience I grew up with - who hear it.

Binaries, whether it's 'man' or 'woman,' or 'black' and 'white,' were created to separate us. So without binary, there is only 'us,' which makes us all equal.

It's down to schools to educate children about their history, especially black history.

Black History in 2019 and beyond is all about inclusivity.

Everybody in the working class is important, whether you're black or white and that's what I want them to feel and know from Our Revolution.

So often, blackness is seen in a negative light.

I love my blackness... I love my queerness.

I feel there should be blacks in every Party.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

It's very hard for me to find any sort of shame or blame in my life. I'm not made that way.

The best thing #MeToo did was say women's experiences matter. You can't blame us for what happens to us anymore.

I've stopped blaming myself for being a woman. I've stopped being apologetic about my sexuality and become comfortable with myself.

'Rise Up' is very necessary. Point blank.

I think that I'm a very independent person, so I need somebody who's independent and strong within themselves as well. I don't necessarily need somebody in order to get things done. I don't need a blanket, do you know what I mean?

I don't want to be white. I don't want to be straight. I don't want to blend in.