Margo Jefferson

Negroland is my name for a small region of Negro America where residents were sheltered by a certain amount of privilege and plenty. Children in Negroland were warned that few Negroes enjoyed privilege or plenty and that most whites would be glad to see them returned to indigence, deference and subservience.

American Critic

Harriet Martineau

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.

English Writer

Thomas Jefferson

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

American President

Larry Norman

We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.

American Musician

Subservience isn't always bad; it can show respect in certain cultures or contexts.

Not Always Negative

Subservience often reflects a power difference where one person feels lower.

Power Dynamics

Don't confuse subservience with servitude, which is a condition of being a slave.

Not Servitude

Subservience can refer to someone's lower status in a hierarchy or organization.

Rank and Status

Subservience isn’t always openly shown; it can be a hidden undercurrent in interactions.

Not Always Obvious

Subservience does not mean being unimportant, but rather less important relative to others.

Relative Position

 or I'll go to a music venue, or, really, anywhere that plays music in the background, and I'll find myself loving the rhythms and the melodies and the beats And then I take a second to listen to the lyrics, lyrics that, for example, place us in a position of subservience

Why we must stop dancing...

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