Part of the racialized sexism wants everyone to think that a 15-year old Mexican is not a girl, sheโs a woman. We know sheโs a girl. We can never emphasize this enough, because this is the fate of colored girls globally right now: the denial of their girlhood, the denial of their childhood, and the constant state of risk and danger they are living in.
Bell HooksI would also say that, in practice, many more Americans are anarchists than would ever use that term.
Bell HooksWhite women and black men have it both ways. They can act as oppressor or ... and oppression of others.
Bell HooksLove does have the power to redeem but only if we are ready for redemption. Love saves us only if we want to be saved.
Bell HooksBlack males who refuse categorization are rare, for the price of visibility in the contemporary world of white supremacy is that black identity be defined in relation to the stereotype whether by embodying it or seeking to be other than itโฆNegative stereotypes about the nature of black masculinity continue to overdetermine the identities black males are allowed to fashion for themselves.
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