What bell hooks thinks about gender equality

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Writer and cultural critic (1952 to 2021) whose Ain't I a Woman (1981) examined how racism and sexism together shaped the lives of Black women and were ignored by both movements.

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2 dated positions, c. 1981, in their own words. Our reading of what bell hooks has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1981

   Our readingSexism can be just as oppressive as racism, though Black women feared to say so

   racism

   Their wordsWe were afraid to acknowledge that sexism could be just as oppressive as racism.

   ↗Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (South End Press, 1981)archive.org All 2 from this book

3. c. 1981

   Our readingTwentieth-century Black women had learned to accept sexism as a fact of life

   Their wordsTwentieth century black women had learned to accept sexism as natural, a given, a fact of life.

   ↗Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (South End Press, 1981)archive.org All 2 from this book