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Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks

American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins)

Lived from: 1952 - 2021

Category: Politics | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 september 1952 Died: 15 december 2021

  • No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men; and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women.
  • We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.
  • One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.
  • Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things.
  • What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
  • As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing.
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  • Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.
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  • What nationalist educators often fail to recognize is that merely being taught by teachers who are black has not and will not solve the problem if the teachers have been socialized to internalize racist thinking. - From (2003) Rock My Soul
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