I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminist education — the feminist classroom — is and should be a place where there is a sense of struggle, where there… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
My students tell me, we don't want to love! We're tired of being loving! And I say to them, if you're tired… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I feel that I have many real students whom I have not met. Many are in cloisters and they never get out.… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We must continually remind students in the classroom that expression of different opinions and dissenting ideas affirms the intellectual process. We should… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Contrary to what some folks would have us believe, it is not tragic, even if undesirable, for a person to leave a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the… — bell hooks Copy Share
It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class… — bell hooks Copy Share
You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open… — Bell Hooks Copy Share
“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any… — bell hooks Copy Share
