bell hooks Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“In this culture, the phrase 'black woman' is not synonymous with 'tender,' or 'gentle.' It's as if those words couldn't possibly speak to the reality of black females.”

“The working-class black Southern Christian culture I come from still nurtures me, and I mean directly, daily.”

“I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.”

“I get so tired of people acting like, you know, black men and women never help each other, never support each other.”

“The people I love, I'm committed to loving for the rest of my life.”

“I told my parents when I was 12 I'd be a writer.”

“What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became a movement with its primary goal the establishment of black male patriarchy.”