Sassy Black Friend

bell hooks

In honor of my girl Les, some of my favorite bell hooks quotes. And something extra…

“The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.”

“… feminist solidarity rooted in a commitment to progressive politics must include a space for rigorous critique, for dissent, or we are doomed to reproduce in progressive communities the very forms of domination we seek to oppose.”

“Usually, when people talk about the “strength” of black women they are referring to the way in which they perceive black women coping with oppression. They ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.”

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