6 Quotes & Sayings By Barbara Katz Rothman

Barbara Katz Rothman is the author of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and "The Christmas Wish." She has written more than 60 books for children and young adults, including the award-winning "The Ugly Duckling" series. Her first book, "A Princess for Henry," won two awards. Her first book was published when she was fifteen years old. Since then she has published over 100 books, many of them bestsellers, including her best-selling novel, "The Christmas Wish."

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Race is not, as I have often been reminded while working on this project, a system of classification: it is a system of oppression. There has never been, and I can't imagine how there could ever be, a way of classifying the peoples of the world that isn't also a way of controlling people. Barbara Katz Rothman
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Seeing race is always about discriminating, a discerning, trained eye recognizing the "essential" or defining characteristic in the individual that confers racial categorization. Barbara Katz Rothman
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When you've learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness. Barbara Katz Rothman
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We have disagreements as to what race does and ought to mean, but we have a remarkable consensus on what it is, without any ability to define it technically. Barbara Katz Rothman
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Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers--strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength. Barbara Katz Rothman