Bell Hooks Quotes

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• Being oppressed means the absence of choices Absence
• The time has come to tell the truth. Again. There is no love without justice. Men and women who cannot be just deny themselves and… Choose
• Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition. Began
• To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was to place… Belief
• I am passionate about everything in my life--first and foremost, passionate about ideas. And that's a dangerous person to be in this society, not just… Anti
• Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women . . . . they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face… Black
• I believe that this nation can only heal from the wounds of racism if we all begin to love blackness. And by that I don't… Able
• I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to… Always Tell
• For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it with. In part… Act
• If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. Attaching
• Justice demands integrity. It’s to have a moral universe — not only know what is right or wrong but to put things in perspective, weigh… Accounting
• I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive… Active
• Feminist education — the feminist classroom — is and should be a place where there is a sense of struggle, where there is visible acknowledgment… Acknowledgment
• In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable. Culture
• I still think it's important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in patriarchal society — because once you marry within a… Alternative
• As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses… Advocates
• If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldn’t start with race; I wouldn’t start with blackness; I wouldn’t start with gender; I wouldn’t… Anti
• Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that… Act
• If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue. Chance
• Reviewing the literature on love I noticed how few writers, male or female, talk about the impact of patriarchy, the way in which male domination… Children

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