Ruha Benjamin

thumb|Our Blackness and our womanness are not in themselves trustworthy, if we allow ourselves to be conscripted into positions of power that maintain the oppressive status quo. Ruha Benjamin (born 1978) is a sociologist and professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. Quotes Black faces in high places are not going to save us. Just look at the Black proponents of Cop City in Atlanta's leadership class. Black faces in high places are not going to save us. Just look at the Black woman's hand, ambassador at the U.N., voting against a ceasefire in Gaza. That is, our Blackness and our womanness are not in themselves trustworthy, if we allow ourselves to be conscripted into positions of power that maintain the oppressive status quo. Our Blackness and womanness are not themselves trustworthy if we support the occupation of Black neighborhoods with so-called "better trained police" or remain silent about the genocides around the world funded by our tax dollars. Speaking to graduating students at Spelman College, April 23, 2024 External links Category:Living people Category:1978 births Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Women academics from the United States Category:MacArthur Fellows Category:Women born in the 1970s