What bell hooks thinks about racism
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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1 dated position, c. 1981, in their own words. Our reading of what bell hooks has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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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