Without education, there is no struggle for liberation.bell hooks
Imperialist white-supremacist patriarchal power not only limits the range of our visibility, it also skews our perceptions of reality.bell hooks
Ignorance, whether wilful or not, remains a significant barrier to any substantive dialogue.bell hooks
It boils down to self-respect. It is only when black women value and respect ourselves that we can demand respect from others.bell hooks
Ending patriarchal domination of children, by men or women, is the only way to make the family a place where children can be safe, where they can be free, where they can know love.bell hooks
Racism has always been a diversion. Sexism has always been a diversion. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.bell hooks
If women want to change society we must be willing to change ourselves.bell hooks
To be in the margin is to be part of the whole but outside the main body.bell hooks
Black women who confront and challenge racist/sexist domination daily are not merely resisting oppression but creating a new cultural space.bell hooks
It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self.bell hooks