The Philosopher
Patricia Hill Collins
The face
The background
- Nationality:
- American
- Schools:
- American pragmatism, Black feminism, feminist sociology
- Branchs:
- African-American studies, Sociology, Gender studies
- Period:
- 20th century to present
The synopsis
The works
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment
Race, Class and Gender: An Anthology
Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice
Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism
From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism, Nationalism, and Feminism
Another Kind of Public Education: Race, Schools, the Media and Democratic Possibilities
The Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies
On Intellectual Activism
Intersectionality
Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence
The quotes
The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.
Black 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.
Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.
Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.
Social 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.
Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.