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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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? – Bell Hooks

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Forgiveness
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I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. – Bell Hooks

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Health
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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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Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her. – John Vanbrugh, The Relapse, 1696

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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them. – Ovid

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Lets stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime. – Carrie P. Meek

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Yes, its a mans world, but thats all right because theyre making a total mess of it. Were chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think its a difficult task, but its not. – Cher

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No one can earn a million dollars honestly. – William Jennings Bryan

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