Usually, when people talk about the "strength" of black women.... they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.


Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (ed. Routledge, 2014) - ISBN: 9781317588610

bell hooks Quotes

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women.... they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women.... they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women.... they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same...

Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women.... they ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same...