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Bell Hooks quotes

American Critic September 25, 1952

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No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough. Bell Hooks
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 things. Justice is different from violence and retribution; it requires complex accounting. Bell Hooks
Most gay men are as sexist in their thinking as are heterosexuals. Their patriarchal thinking leads them to construct paradigms of desirable sexual behaviour that is similar to that of patriarchal straight men. Bell Hooks
Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what we know. Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "think about the contradictions and complexities that beset..."
..think about the contradictions and complexities that beset people. Bell Hooks
Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world. Bell Hooks
If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful..."
Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue. Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "black identities are diverse and comple?"
black identities are diverse and comple? Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as..."
There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few. Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "I think I was always obsessed with esthetics."
I think I was always obsessed with esthetics. Bell Hooks
We have to constantly critique imperialist white supremacist patriarchal culture because it is normalized by mass media and rendered unproblematic. Bell Hooks
..Acts of appropriation are part of the process by which we make ourselves. Appropriating - taking something for one’s own use - need not be synonymous with exploitation. This is especially true of cultural appropriation. The “use” one makes of what is appropriated is the crucial factor. Bell Hooks
Bell Hooks quote: "In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is..."
In a culture of domination, preoccupation with victimage is inevitable. Bell Hooks
And I was already on my way to being a true freak because I knew I would always choose to go where my blood beats, in any and all directions. Bell Hooks

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