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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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. – Bell Hooks

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Whats really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They dont even really understand that equality hasnt happened with the pay force. – Bell Hooks

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