We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this reality and long for the safety and familiarity of sameness, inclusive ways of knowing and living offer us the only true way to emancipate ourselves from the divisions that limit our minds and imaginations.
Bell HooksI think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be shattered in order for a real bridge to be constructed. One of the things we learn is that inequality is an illusion.
Bell HooksIt's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.
Bell HooksWhite women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.
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