I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or w… - bell hooks

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I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer.

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bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins; September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), was an American university professor specializing in social criticism focused on groups distinguished by established differences in social power.

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Birth Name: Gloria Jean Watkins
Alternative Names: Gloria Watkins
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