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As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing.

— Bell hooks Killing Rage: Ending Racism (1995)

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The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.

Class struggle is inextricably bound to the struggle to end racism.

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Males learn to lie as a way of obtaining power, and females not only do the same but they also lie to pretend powerlessness.

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To be in touch with senses and emotions beyond conquest is to enter the realm of the mysterious.

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