bell hooks
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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…
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Sexism can be just as oppressive as racism, though Black women feared to say so (opens korrents.com)
“We were afraid to acknowledge that sexism could be just as oppressive as racism.”
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Twentieth-century Black women had learned to accept sexism as a fact of life (opens korrents.com)
“Twentieth century black women had learned to accept sexism as natural, a given, a fact of life.”
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Blaming racism alone for Black relationship problems hides the equal impact of sexism (opens korrents.com)
“This over-emphasis on racism as the explanation for black female/male problems in relationships blinds us to the reality that sexism has as grave an impact on our modes of relating.”
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Sexism can be just as oppressive as racism, though Black women feared to say so (opens korrents.com)