Black Quote by Bell Hooks Download Open image “. . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind.” — Bell Hooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black women Intellectual Mind Psychology
“Most American women, particularly white women, have not decolonized their thinking either in relation to the racism, sexism, and class elitism they hold towards… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I think often if people don't have a lot of experience with a particular type of person or a particular type of brain, they… — Morgan Parker 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
What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Having a Black woman write words for another Black woman, there is innateness in that, there is a knowing in that. — Simone Missick 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
Black women usually don't get the luxury of faking their way through life and still succeeding, but when a white guy does it, he… — Sarah Cooper Copy Share Image
We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think… — Tamron Hall Copy Share Image
The strange proposition that black intellectuals - regardless of their training - are 'race experts' mainly because they are black is naive and potentially… — Carl Hart Copy Share Image
I think Black intellectuals see too deeply. That's the problem. It's a cause of anxiety, because we see things differently. — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying… — Toni Morrison 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
