On the Sister-to-Sister, Inc. Essays page, visitors will find essays written by entrepreneurs, political scientists, health professionals, racial and social justice advocates, beauty experts, and other diverse professions and careers. Viewers will be intrigued by the range of topics.
The tributes that poured in for bell hooks, who died (opens in a new tab) this week aged 69, affirmed the singular place she occupies in the Black intellectual canon.
She was the author of dozens of books and hundreds of journal articles and popular reviews on patriarchy, capitalism and white supremacy. Born in 1952, hooks was slightly younger than Toni Morrison, Angela Davis and Alice Walker, but she walked a similar path.
I don't know how to be black, at least not the way society wants me to be. The way society defines black is like a new pair of heels pinching my toes, making it hard for me to walk. Initially, I felt like I had to learn how to be black; what it permits, what it denies, its formulas and boundaries. I've now learned that just because I'm an African American doesn't mean I have to act or look a certain way.
