Ain't I a Woman

Name: Ain't I a Woman
Author: bell hooks

by bell hooks

How racism and sexism interlock to oppress Black women in American history

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bell hooks

American author, professor, and social activist whose Ain't I a Woman and Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center are foundational texts of Black feminist thought. Her concept of the 'white supremacist capitalist patriarchy' as an interlocking system of oppression was enormously influential. She wrote with remarkable accessibility and passion.

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