Where We Stand

by bell hooks

2000 · 174 pages

race relations
social classes
schwarze frau
soziale klasse
sociale klassen
university of south alabama

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About this book

Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.

Quotes by bell hooks

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I have wanted them to have this simple definition to read again and again so they know: Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.
Today’s fashion magazines may carry an article about the dangers of anorexia while bombarding its readers with images of emaciated young bodies representing the height of beauty and desirability.
Creation spirituality replaced a patriarchal spirituality rooted in notions of fall and redemption.