Bell Hooks Quotes About Rage

Quotes about: Rage

• The rage of the oppressed is never the same as the rage of the privileged.

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  Rage, Oppressed, Privileged

• Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that leads to rebellion, however short- lived. It may be only momentary but it takes place. That space within oneself where resistance is possible remains.

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  Uprising, Space, May

  bell hooks (2014). “Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics”, p.29, Routledge

• Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will make racism disappear. They have a deep emotional investment in the myth of sameness even as their actions reflect the primacy of whiteness as a sign informing who they are and how they think.

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  Believe, Emotional, Thinking

  bell hooks (2014). “Black Looks: Race and Representation”, p.167, Routledge

• Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often wonder how they feel about themselves at night when they are climbing into bed with intimate partners. Are they overwhelmed with secret shame that someone sees them as they really are? Or do they sleep with rage that who they really are can be celebrated or cared for only in secret?

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  Sleep, Makeup, Night

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