Patricia Hill Collins Quotes

United States, Philosopher
May 1, 1948

Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is 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 a 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.

Also known as Sociologist, University Teacher, American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award

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

Patricia Hill Collins
- Change
- Model
- Social
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 the movement.

Patricia Hill Collins
- People
- History
- Death

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

Patricia Hill Collins
- Men
- Children
- Mother
Most activism is brought about by us ordinary people.

Patricia Hill Collins
- People
- Most
- Ordinary
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
- Women
- Children
- Family
Work for black women has been an important and valued dimension of Afrocentric definitions of black motherhood.

Patricia Hill Collins
- Work
- Important
- Women
Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation.

Patricia Hill Collins
- Women
- Parents
- Culture