Mitsuye Yamada Quotes

• We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.

  Mitsuye Yamada

  Voice, Needs, Littles

  Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press

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• We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects.

  Mitsuye Yamada

  Minorities, Way, Remember

  Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press

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• If the majority culture know so little about us, it must be our problem, they seem to be telling us; the burden of teaching is on us.

  Mitsuye Yamada

  Teaching, Majority, Culture

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