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Bell Hooks
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Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be “just humans” within the framework of white supremacy has usually meant that subordinate groups must surrender their identities, beliefs, values, and assimilate by adopting the values and beliefs of privileged-class whites, rather than promoting racial harmony this thinking has created a fierce cultural protectionism.
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― Killing Rage: Ending Racism
― Killing Rage: Ending Racism
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Wisely, Baldwin insisted that we are always more than our pain. Not only did he believe in our capacity to love, he felt black people were uniquely situated to risk loving because we had suffered.
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― Salvation: Black People and Love ― bell hooks' Incisive Cultural History on the Transformative Power of Love in African American Life
― Salvation: Black People and Love ― bell hooks' Incisive Cultural History on the Transformative Power of Love in African American Life
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