bell hooks, Pathbreaking Black Feminist, Dies at 69

She insisted that the fight for women’s rights had to take into account the diverse experiences of working-class and Black women.

Starting in 1981 with her book “Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism,” Ms. hooks, who insisted on using all lowercase letters in her name, argued that feminism’s claim to speak for all women had pushed the unique experiences of working-class and Black women to the margins.

“A devaluation of Black womanhood occurred as a result of the sexual exploitation of Black women during slavery that has not altered in the course of hundreds of years,” she wrote.



By Clay Risen from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3e1aaN7
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