Quote by Bell Hooks
No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women… When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women. – Bell Hooks

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I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness. – Bell Hooks

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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. – Bell Hooks

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Im so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer. – Bell Hooks

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