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“Intersectionality allow us to focus on what is most important at a given point in time.”

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Bell Hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, is an American author, scholar, and activist. Her work primarily focuses on issues of race, gender, and social justice, particularly on feminist and black feminist thought. Hooks' works include novels, poetry, academic writings, and autobiographies, and her writing style is beloved by readers for its profound social insight and desire for change. more

“[Indira Gandhi] looked tired that day, and all of a sudden I exclaimed, 'Deep down I don't envy you, and I shouldn't like to be in your place.' And she said, 'The problem is not in the problems I have, it's in the idiots around me. Democracy, you know...' I now wonder what she meant by that unfinished phrase.”

Knows Said Problem Wonder Democracy Tired Envy Idiot Phrases Deep Down Unfinished

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“Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.”

Years Sometimes Certain Asks Contempt

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“If we move away from either/or thinking, and if we think, okay, every day of my life that I walk out of my house I am a combination of race, gender, class, sexual preference and religion or what have you, what gets foregrounded?”

Ifs Thinking Moving House Walks Race Class Okay Gender Combination Preference Either Or

Author:Bell Hooks

“I think it's crazy for us to think that people don't understand what's being foregrounded in their lives at a given point in time.”

People Thinking Given Crazy

Author:Bell Hooks