“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".” UseBlackFeminismPhrasesEnterpriseBlack WomenTheoretical Author:Bell Hooks
“Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole.” PeopleBelieveMadeWholeIndividualBlackTermPowerfulLeaderCuttingWrittenFeminismMovementParticularColorTheoryEdgesFeministMade ItRadicalBlack PeopleBlack WomenMilitantCutting EdgeFeminist Theory Author:Bell Hooks
“Today masses of black women in the U.S. refuse to acknowledge that they have much to gain by feminist struggle. They fear feminism. They have stood in place so long that they are afraid to move. They fear change. They fear losing what little they have.” LittlesLongTodayMovingBlackStruggleFeminismMassLosingGainsFeministRefuseAfrican AmericanAcknowledgeBlack WomenSocial ChangeAfrican American Women Author:Bell Hooks
“... not all black women have silently acquiesced in sexism and misogyny within the African-American community. Indeed, many writers, activists, and other women have voiced their opposition and paid the price: they have been ostracized and branded as either man- haters or pawns of white feminists, two of the more predictable modes of disciplining and discrediting black feminists.” MenHas BeensTwoBlackCommunityWhiteFeminismPaidFeministAfrican AmericanOppositionActivistSexismMisogynyBlack WomenPredictablePawnsAfrican American WomenBrandedAll BlackMan HaterBlack Feminist Author:Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
“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."” FirstsSaidFactsBlackWhiteClassStudyFeminismBlack WomenBourgeoisReacting Author:Bell Hooks
“In order for me to engage in a revolutionary struggle for collective Black self-determination, I have to engage feminism because that becomes the vehicle by which I project myself as a female into the heart of the struggle, but the heart of the struggle does not begin with feminism. It begins with an understanding of domination and with a critique of domination in all its forms.” HeartDoeSelfFormOrderUnderstandingBlackStruggleFeminismProjectsFemaleDeterminationRevolutionaryCollectivesSelf DeterminationVehicleDominationCritique Author:Bell Hooks