“… Recalling the legacy of our ancestors who knew that the way we regard land and nature will determine the level of our self-regard, black people must reclaim a spiritual legacy where we connect our well-being to the well-being of the Earth… Collective black self-recovery takes place when we begin to renew our relationship to the Earth when we remember the way of our ancestors. When the Earth is sacred to us, our bodies can also be sacred to us.”
—bell hooks, Touching the Earth
