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title: "33 White Quotes By Bell Hooks"
description: "33 White quotes by Bell Hooks. Plus more from Bell Hooks and more White sayings from other authors."
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> [We don't hear much from revolutionary feminists who are white because they're not serving the bourgeois agenda of the status quo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/we-don-t-hear-much-from-revolutionary-feminists-who-are-white-because/)

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> [You are not going to destroy this imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy by creating your own version of it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-are-not-going-to-destroy-this-imperialist-white-supremacist/)

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> [White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/white-women-and-black-men-have-it-both-ways-they-can-act-as-oppressor/)

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> [It really fascinates me what white people are allowed to write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-really-fascinates-me-what-white-people-are-allowed-to-write-about/)

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> [Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/why-is-it-so-difficult-for-many-white-folks-to-understand-that-racism/)

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> [No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/no-other-group-in-america-has-so-had-their-identity-socialized-out-of/)

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> [Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/sexism-has-always-been-a-political-stance-mediating-social-domination/)

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> [We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/we-have-to-constantly-critique-imperialist-white-supremacist/)

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> [Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/teaching-black-studies-i-find-that-students-are-quick-to-label-a/)

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> [When we concentrate on photography, we make it possible to see the walls of photographs in black homes as a critical intervention,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/when-we-concentrate-on-photography-we-make-it-possible-to-see-the/)

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> [The white worker who has been displaced at General Motors has more in common with the displaced black worker than those larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-white-worker-who-has-been-displaced-at-general-motors-has-more-in/)

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> [Is it more important that you, as a white male, read my work and learn from it, or what you call me?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/is-it-more-important-that-you-as-a-white-male-read-my-work-and-learn/)

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> [Another response to racism has been the establishment of unlearning racism workshops, which are often led by white women. These workshops are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/another-response-to-racism-has-been-the-establishment-of-unlearning/)

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> [Any black person who clings to the misguided notion that white people represent the embodiment of all that is evil and black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/any-black-person-who-clings-to-the-misguided-notion-that-white-people/)

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> [It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-is-obvious-that-many-women-have-appropriated-feminism-to-serve/)

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> [In 2014, when Hillary Clinton was not yet running for president, I stated that I was not in agreement with her politics.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-2014-when-hillary-clinton-was-not-yet-running-for-president-i/)

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> [They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/they-wanted-black-women-to-conform-to-the-gender-norms-set-by-white/)

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> [Like many white liberals, Ken sees the whiteness of his social life as more an accident of circumstance than a choice. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/like-many-white-liberals-ken-sees-the-whiteness-of-his-social-life-as/)

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> [Often in my lectures when I use the phrase “imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy” to describe our nation’s political system, audiences laugh. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/often-in-my-lectures-when-i-use-the-phrase-imperialist-white/)

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> [When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/when-liberal-whites-fail-to-understand-how-they-can-and-or-do-embody/)

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> […“white supremacy” is a much more useful term for understanding the complicity of people of color in upholding and maintaining racial hierarchies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/white-supremacy-is-a-much-more-useful-term-for-understanding-the/)

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> [Feminist pedagogy can only be liberatory if it is truly revolutionary because the mechanisms of appropriation within white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/feminist-pedagogy-can-only-be-liberatory-if-it-is-truly-revolutionary/)

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> [I can be standing in Barneys with my coat and purse and my selections, and some white woman will say, 'Can you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-can-be-standing-in-barneys-with-my-coat-and-purse-and-my-selections/)

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> [While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/while-it-has-become-cool-for-white-folks-to-hang-out-with-black/)

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> [As more people of color raise our consciousness and refuse to be pitted against one another, the forces of neo-colonial white supremacist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/as-more-people-of-color-raise-our-consciousness-and-refuse-to-be/)

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> [As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/as-we-search-as-a-nation-for-constructive-ways-to-challenge-racism/)

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> [I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-m-so-disturbed-when-my-women-students-behave-as-though-they-can/)

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> [I can be critical of Beyoncé and yet also appreciate aspects of her power and representation. I can especially critique the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-can-be-critical-of-beyonc-and-yet-also-appreciate-aspects-of-her/)

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> [Shaming is one of the deepest tools of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy because shame produces trauma and trauma often produces paralysis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/shaming-is-one-of-the-deepest-tools-of-imperialist-white-supremacist/)

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> [Hip-Hop is diverse. But the white, capitalist producers and distributors of Hip-Hop are most interested in the Hip-Hip that is misogynist, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/hip-hop-is-diverse-but-the-white-capitalist-producers-and/)

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> [The fact is that it was bourgeois white feminism that I was reacting against when I stood in my first women's studies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-fact-is-that-it-was-bourgeois-white-feminism-that-i-was-reacting/)

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> [Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/since-the-notion-that-we-should-all-forsake-attachment-to-race-and-or/)

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> [Black males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/black-males-who-refuse-categorization-are-rare-for-the-price-of/)

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## Other authors on White

## More by Bell Hooks

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/right-now-for-many-americans-class-is-being-foregrounded-like-never/)

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> [“Most folks believe we are hardwired biologically to long for sex but they do not believe we are hardwired to long for love. Almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/most-folks-believe-we-are-hardwired-biologically-to-long-for-sex-but/)

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> [... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/we-need-to-interrogate-reverence-for-idolization-can-be-another-way/)

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> [Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/couples-who-rarely-or-never-have-sex-can-know-lifelong-love/)

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> [The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-power-of-patriarchy-has-been-to-make-maleness-feared-and-to-make/)

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> [“I feel enormously blessed to be a successful black woman writer in this culture, but I have found my small fame, such as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-feel-enormously-blessed-to-be-a-successful-black-woman-writer-in/)

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> [Language is also a place of struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/language-is-also-a-place-of-struggle/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/in-this-culture-the-phrase-black-woman-is-not-synonymous-with-tender/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/it-s-interesting-to-look-at-all-the-aspects-where-everyday-americans/)

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> [The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/the-true-teacher-is-within-us-a-good-teacher-is-someone-who-can-help/)

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> [“Advancing the notion that there can be many "feminisms" has served the conservative and liberal political interests of women seeking status and privileged class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/advancing-the-notion-that-there-can-be-many-feminisms-has-served-the/)

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> [I love my family, even as I critique their dysfunctionalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/i-love-my-family-even-as-i-critique-their-dysfunctionalities/)

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> [You must have courage to love, you have to have a profound will to do what is right to love, and it does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/you-must-have-courage-to-love-you-have-to-have-a-profound-will-to-do/)

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> [To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/to-truly-love-we-must-learn-to-mix-various-ingredients-care-affection/)

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> [“Often emphasis on identity and lifestyle is appealing because it creates a false sense that one is engaged in praxis. However, praxis within any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/often-emphasis-on-identity-and-lifestyle-is-appealing-because-it/)

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