Dec. 17, 2021, 6 p.m.

anti-racist action for 12/17

one anti-racist action a day

Black author, poet, activist, theorist, and professor bell hooks died just a few days ago on Wednesday, December 15th. She is well known for her writings on intersectional feminism and for coining the phrase "imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy" as a reminder of the oppressions of racism, colonialism, classism, and capitalism that should also be feminism's aim to dismantle. She also writes about Black joy: "To truly be free, we must choose beyond simply surviving adversity, we must dare to create lives of sustained optimal wellbeing and joy." Today's action is to pick a title from her list of books to read in the new year.

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