![]() ![]() She will always be remembered as a scholar and activist that gave Black women a voice and called it out when not. She gave so many people the language and the ability to challenge oppression, patriarchal system through her work. ![]() Her writings focused on the intersectionality of race, gender, and capitalism. She explored the perceptions of Black women and black women writers and the development of feminist identities. Her work examined the connections between race, gender, and class. ![]() “It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of the movement but rather than resigning myself to this appropriation I choose to re-appropriate the term ‘feminism’, to focus on the fact that to be ‘feminist’ in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression.” – “Ain’t I a Woman,” by bell hooksīell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins) was an American scholar, Black feminist, author, and social activist, and African American woman born Septemand died December 15, 2021. ![]()
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