Bell Hooks Quotes

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.

It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.'

People start to talk about post-racist, post-feminist. What does that mean? We're clearly not post either. Would you say post-democracy? Clearly we haven't reached true democracy yet.

To be a feminist is to be alive.

I can't explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and passionately. But race matters to me; racial equality matters to me, as does gender. There is something about these kinds of social injustices that go to the deep of me.

Right is of no sex – Truth is of no color.

The Time's Up campaign is for everyone, in all capacities, contributions big and small.

I'm here to say all lives matter.

So here comes this black guy from the Bay Area talking about peace, feminism, challenging racism, challenging the priorities of the country, and talking about preserving the fragile nature of our ecological system. People looked at me as if I was a freak.

As feminists, we have to become more tolerant of each other's differences because we are essentially working towards the same goal.

I'm just all for equal rights and stuff like that, but I'm not like one of those 'Yay empowerment' type of people.

I want to live in a world that is less white supremacist, straight supremacist, male supremacist.

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.

Better sexy and racy Than sexist and racist

One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.

I am a feminist with a capital 'F' .

I am above eighty years old ... I suppose I am about the only colored woman that goes about to speak for the rights of the colored women. I want to keep the thing stirring, now that the ice is cracked.

Black lives, of course, matter. I spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's OK. I don't want to out-scream people.

Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist.

[Fighting for equality for women] that's what my mission has been for the last years.

I have known nothing the last thirty years save the struggle for human rights on this continent. If it had been a class of men whowere disfranchised and denied their legal rights, I believe I should have devoted my life precisely as I have done in behalf of my own sex.

I certainly embrace all the movement that's going on these days about equality for women and equal rights. In general, I would apply that to all nationalities and all races. I think we do need more awareness, generosity, and compassion than we have right now. But in terms of feminism, I embrace it wholeheartedly. Not in a kind of militant way, but I've always known that it matters.

Sometimes, people call my way of speaking ranting. Why are you always ranting and screaming, they ask. But here’s the thing…the reason why I rant is because I am a voice for many women that cannot speak out to heads of state, UN officials, and those that influence systems of oppression. And so I rant. And I will not stop ranting until my mission of equality of all girls is achieved.

We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.