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As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media. ― Bell Hooks
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I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics ― Frank Ocean
A person hears only what they understand. ― Johann wolfgang von Goethe
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. ― Bell Hooks
When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics. ― Frank Ocean
The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization. ― bell hooks
Being oppressed means the absence of choices ― bell hooks
I read Plato's 'Republic.' I read it through about five times until I could actually understand it. - Huey Newton
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.