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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Many spiritual teachers – in Buddhism, in Islam – have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. – Bell Hooks

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Death is with you all the time you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but its not unfamiliar to you. Its always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life. – Bell Hooks

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