Black Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against.” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black women World
Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free. The way… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women. — Katori Hall Copy Share Image
Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly. — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Black women must help black men understand their full potential lies not in denying black women full access to their humanity and opportunity, but… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us. — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity. — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
I think the media and the Internet and all that stuff, has created this perception of black women as these mammy types, kind of… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
Black women have to know the historical and everyday struggles of black men, and our men have to know the struggles of black women… — Ruby Dee Copy Share Image
When you think about what Black women have meant to us Black women have always been our guide. Black women have always been the… — Wes Moore Copy Share Image
. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for most of… — Gerda Lerner 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
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
