"It must be recognized that the selfish interest of a person or of the class to which he belongs always acts as an internal limitation which regulates the direction of his intellect."
--Dr. B. R. Ambedkar,The Untouchables Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?

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Black Wombmyn Chat said…
Oh dear God, what does that mean?
Signed,
TICIA
(Temporarily Intellectually Challenged, I'm Afraid)
1:18 PM
blackgirl on mars said…
I'm glad you asked, because I know I have a habit of putting things up on my blog that probably appear out of the blue to all you folks who are not privy to the goings on of my mind (lucky you!).
I put the quote up because it basically expresses that we can not expect change from those the system works for...
And that resonates for me.
Glad to see you're back!
Hugs,
the lab
11:11 PM
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