Sister Souljah Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Sister Souljah:
The gap between the young people and the rest of society is that... young people don't have hope.
~Sister Souljah
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I think that the path that I took was normal in the American society where young women and men are not trained as to how to make the transition from being a girl to being a woman, from being a boy to being a man. And so I think that most young people in America live by trial and error, and not by parental instruction, community guidance.
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I was well known to African Americans before Bill Clinton discovered me. He was like Christopher Columbus riding up on something he didn't understand.
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My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources.
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Black people don't know what white people are talking about when they talk about a Sister Souljah moment. I tell them it's the moment you meet a proud, beautiful black woman you can never forget.
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I never said I was an angel. Nor am I innocent or holy like the Virgin Mary. What I am is natural and serious and as sensitive as an open nerve on an ice cube.
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Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things.
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I don't want to be limited or ghettoized in any way.
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So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original' or 'Israelite,' don't be so foolish. I say 'African' because the continent of Africa is the land from which we all originate. It is the word that we are most familiar with right now.
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History is history. What is done is done.
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I think America loves cooperative black men. I am not against Colin Powell, but I know who he is.
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