![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Her work is transformative because it speaks in a vital and personal way about the need to treasure Black lives, history and culture while investing in the decolonization of our institutions in the U.S., which have benefited from the devaluation and exploitation of Black lives,” Chancy said. As a Haitian Canadian woman, coming across hooks’ work gave Chancy the language to understand her experiences of racism and sexism and helped her recover the value of her own Haitian identity and as a member of the African Diaspora. This work was and continues to be affirming to Black women across the world, as hooks provided language to describe their marginalization and ways of thinking to combat it.įor Chancy, “Ain’t I a Woman?” carved a path toward her own writing in the field of Caribbean women’s literature. ![]() In the groundbreaking text, hooks highlights the wounds of Black female slavery and how they affect Black women in the present. In 1981, hooks published her first major book, “Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism” where she grounded her feminist theory in the struggles of Black women specifically. “She made certain concepts on the subjects of race, feminist, gender, class and love accessible to a public beyond academia while being unrelenting in her advocacy for Black people and particularly for Black women in the pursuit of a better, more just society for everyone.” ![]()
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