Voices on the Quads

From the October conference "Politics, Rights & Representation," held at Judd Hall

"Black women tend to focus on practical gender needs. As one woman said to me, 'Why are feminists concerned with getting out of the kitchen? Most women are concerned with getting a kitchen."

Thenjiwe Mtintso
Deputy Secretary General
the African National Congress

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"Liberal representation holds that as long as citizens are free to cast their votes, then those outcomes are fair, whatever they happen to be.... The liberal view fails marginalized groups, because members of the marginalized groups often speak with a different voice than members of the socially priviledged groups."

Melissa Williams
University of Toronto