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    passage hints at dark undertones using pathos‚ imagery‚ the first-person point-of-view. Bell Hooks describes her loss of love for school when realizing that "For black children‚ education was no longer about the practice of freedom" since they "...were mainly taught by white teachers whose lessons reinforced racist"(114). Hooks goes on to say that "that shift from beloved‚ all-black schools to white schools where black students were always seen as interlopers‚ as not really belonging‚ taught me the difference

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    In today’s society‚ the word “poor” has become quite unrecognized for its real meaning and qualities. In the article‚ “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor‚” noted African American scholar‚ Gloria Watkins under the pen name bell hooks (1994)‚ addresses how poverty is presented through society and criticizes the misrepresentations made by the higher class and media. Watkins (1994) emphasizes her argument that the dehumanizing form of representing the poor is the root cause low self-esteem

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    race‚ religion‚ sex‚ age‚ or sexual orientation. bell hooks has eloquently explained multiple reasons why the black population is discriminated against in an educational setting‚ “...most white folks are rarely‚ if ever‚ in a situation where they must listen to black women lecture to them.” (hooks‚ 31) Daily we hear about the killings of transsexual men and women‚ as well as multiple examinations talking about men who receive more money then women in the workplace for the same job. Carl Grant intelligently

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    “Teaching is a performative act”‚ and it is for that reason that it is crucial that teachers teach beyond the textbook (hooks‚ 11) . The textbook merely supplies the student with information‚ data‚ and serve the core curriculum agenda that has been set up by the state or district. The teacher’s job is not to reiterate what the textbook says‚ although there is a responsibility upon the teacher to ensure that students understand the assigned readings‚ but the teacher’s job is to relate the text to

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    bell hooks is the pen name of feminist‚ American author‚ and social activist Gloria Jean Watkins. She stylized her name by using small cased letters (ex…bell hooks)‚ and it is an eye catching monogram derived from her maternal grandmother Bell Blair Hooks. “She put the name in lowercase letters “to distinguish [herself from] her grandmother. She said that her unconventional lowercasing of her name signifies what is most important is her works: the “substance of books‚ not who I am” (bell; 2). Besides

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    at Stanford bell hooks experienced things that only an education can provide‚ from different social status to keeping ties with her community and her heritage even though she went far in her studies. Education changed bell hooks life in many ways from the experiences at Stanford having her values collide with others values‚ being introduced to the intellectual circles and having others try to press upon her their beliefs . By going to Stanford to continue her education‚ bell hooks experienced

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    Imagine a life where everyone is connected with nature and not connected through their cell phones. A place where individuals are making changes to benefit themselves and the future generations. Today’s generation are living for the moment and not really thinking about the consequence for their actions. Pico Iyer and Bell Hooks both argues that people should start making “inner changes” in order to make “outer changes.” So what does this mean? Individuals should start thinking differently‚ stop challenging

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    movement for women’s suffrage first began there were many intersections and obstacles the women of the organization must go through to gain the achievement of obtaining citizenship and their right to vote. In both Bell Hooks and Linda Harris Dobkins articles they respectively introduce race and power within the women’s movement and how it affected the movement. First off‚ in the passage Revolutionary Parenting Hooks acknowledges how difficult it is to define motherhood by including how race is a big factor

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    two different authors‚ I completely engrossed myself into my thoughts to think about which was the best option‚ a common practice for me. I created a list inside my head of arguments for each‚ and realized this usual process is an exact example of bell hooks’ quote on education: “School was the place where I could forget that self and‚ through ideas‚ reinvent myself.” All of the skills and techniques that I have developed during my school years have made me into the person that I am today. I am a critical

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    Jean Kilbourne and bell hooks agree in their writings that the media often distorts what we perceive as reality in one way or another. Film‚ television‚ and advertising shape our ideals and what we believe should be true. Kilbourne focuses on the distortion of gender‚ particularly the distortion of the female gender in society in the excerpt from her book included in From Inquiry to Academic Writing‚ whereas hooks analyzes the misrepresentation of the impoverished and homeless in the excerpt from

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