Quotes by Black I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison. Bell Hooks males black solitude They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other men, including white men. Yet they could not assume this position if black women were not willing to conform to prevailing sexist gender norms. Many black women who has endured white-supremacist patriarchal domination during slavery did not want to be dominated by black men after manumission. Bell Hooks white-man black men Black males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black identity be defined in relation to the stereotype whether by embodying it or seeking to be other than it…Negative stereotypes about the nature of black masculinity continue to overdetermine the identities black males are allowed to fashion for themselves. Bell Hooks black fashion white White women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others. Bell Hooks black white men . . . no Black woman can become an intellectual without decolonizing her mind. Bell Hooks black intellectual mind Fluidity means that our black identities are constantly changing as we respond to circumstances in our families and communities of origin, and as we interact with a wider world. Bell Hooks black community mean It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared struggle, that we are each other's fate. Bell Hooks fate black struggle I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer. Bell Hooks black students white 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. Bell Hooks black goal people Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black viewers, and everyone else, of black inferiority. Bell Hooks black media would-be ... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights. Bell Hooks support black rights Black women control the world. We are through being discriminated against. Bell Hooks black-women black world To counter the fixation on a rhetoric of victimhood, black folks must engage in a discourse of self-determination. Bell Hooks black determination self Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend to use the phrase "Black feminism". Bell Hooks feminism phrases black The fact is that it was bourgeois white feminism that I was reacting against when I stood in my first women's studies classes and said, "Black women have always worked." Bell Hooks black white class Nothing is all good or all bad, nothing is black or white, everything is just messy and human and difficult. Bellamy Young difficult black white The first rule about a black woman’s hair is you don’t talk about a black woman’s hair. And the second rule is you don’t ever touch a black woman’s hair without getting written permission first. Ben Aaronovitch black hair firsts Most black singers like to slow the word down and, and go directly to your heart. They're not interested in your ears, we just want to go directly to your heart. Ben E. King black ears heart Billionaires prefer Black women. They are loyal and guard your interests. Black wives are for grown ups. Ben Horowitz loyal black wife A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect. Ben Jonson black house brain «1112131415161718192021»