Yearning is the word that best describes a common psychological state shared by many of us, cutting across boundaries of race, class,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Had middle class black women begun a movement in which they had labeled themselves "oppressed," no one would have taken them seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
What's so amazing about this historical moment is that it is bringing class to the fore and we have to think about… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
A central tenet of modern feminist thought has been the assertion that "all women are oppressed." This assertion implies that women share… — 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… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I grew up in the midst of poverty but every black kid that I knew could read and write. We have to… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“Maintaining connections with family and community across class boundaries demands more than just summary recall of where one’s roots are, where one… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
The fact is that it was bourgeois white feminism that I was reacting against when I stood in my first women's studies… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I was teasing my brother that he was penniless, homeless, jobless. Right now in his life, racism isn't the central highlighting force:… — 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
Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
One difference with the political writings, whether about feminism or class, is that the intent is to change how people think of… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
All too often we think of community in terms of being with folks like ourselves: the same class, same race, same ethnicity,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Feminism is the struggle to end sexist oppression. Its aim is not to benefit solely any specific group of women, any particular… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
None of us should be ashamed to speak of our class power or lack of it. Overcoming fear, even the fear of… — 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 Image
“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 Image
... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
