Patricia Hill Collins's Quotes
Born: 1948-05-01
Profession: Educator
Nation: American
Biography of Patricia Hill Collins
Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
Tags: Children, Men, MotherThe role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
Tags: Change, Role, SocialWomen gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.
Tags: Parents, Social, WomenWork for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.
Tags: Black, Women, WorkBlack women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.
Tags: Care, Family, WomenSocial conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
Tags: Change, Death, History