Quotes by Patricia Hill Collins

About Patricia Hill Collins:

Patricia Hill Collins is currently a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and the past President of the American Sociological Association Council. Collins was the 100th president of the ASA and the first African American woman to hold this position.
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Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

Patricia Hill Collins

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.

Patricia Hill Collins

The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.

Patricia Hill Collins

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 t...

Patricia Hill Collins

Far too many black men who praise their own mother feel less accounted to the mothers of their own children.

Patricia Hill Collins

Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

Patricia Hill Collins

Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

Patricia Hill Collins

Author Bio

  • NamePatricia Hill Collins
  • DescriptionAfrican-American scholar
  • BornMay 1, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Sociologist