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" When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose. "

Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

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Race

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" Having a monolithic view of feminism is suffocating. "

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" Politics abhors a vacuum, and Asian countries will gravitate towards China if U.S. influence is perceived as declining. "

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" I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not acting responsibly in relation to climate change. "

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" Clearly, we must denounce militaristic approaches to global unrest and find life-affirming ways to end repressive cycles of violence rooted in discrimination, humiliation, and despair. "

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" Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous. "

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