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 among poor people.
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Garbarini Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor What is your perception of the poor and less fortunate in society? Would you say that you have a low perception of them or do you regard them in the highest? Would you do your social duty to reach out to the poor and impoverished to assist them‚ or help assist‚ in establishing programs that would aid in leading them to a brighter future? These are the questions that I ask of myself as I read‚ “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the
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showing poor people as happy and having a good self-esteem level. I feel as if my essay has good structure to it‚ and I support my argument with sufficient detail that helps back up my main point. I would like the readers of my draft to provide me with information concerning my examples and if they are proper and accurate. Thanks. 11/15/13 Synthesis Essay for Siering and hooks Arguments “Taking a Bite out of twilight”‚ written by Carmen D. Siering and “Seeing and
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bell hooks: “Seeing and Making Culture” Summary In the essay “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor”‚ hooks proposes a different perspective on issues regarding people of higher class compared to those of lower class. In doing so‚ she clarifies and illustrates assumptions made about the poor‚ how they are viewed in popular culture‚ and in the media. To further validate her points‚ she utilizes ideas that stem from her own personal experiences with poverty‚ as well as examples from pop
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August‚ 2013 Representing the Poor In Bell Hooks; “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the poor; Hooks writes about issues involving the higher class rather than those suffering from poverty. The issues that she addresses are assumptions made about the poor‚ how poor individuals are viewed‚ and how they are represented on television; she shows and interprets how poverty affects the daily lives of individuals. Hooks first argument involves a false accusation made about poor people from her
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In the article “Seeing and Making Culture” by Bell Hooks‚ Bell argues that society has a wrong outlook of the poor community. Her goal is to try and change everyone’s image of these people. She successfully supports her claim by using authority (ethos) and values (pathos) to explain her claim and why she feels so strongly about this situation. According to the census‚ “Between 2015 and 2016‚ the poverty rate for children under age 18 declined from 19.7 to 18.0 percent. The poverty rate for adults
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hopeless romantic‚ I am deeply intrigued by Bells Hooks writing. Bell Hooks born Gloria Jean Watkins was born September 25‚ 1952 in a black neighborhood in Hopkinsville a small‚ segregated town in rural Kentucky. With her father who worked as a janitor‚ and her mother‚ Rosa Bell Oldham Watkins‚ who worked as a maid in the homes of white families‚ Hooks used her experience of rural living‚ poverty‚ racial segregation‚ and resistance struggle in her works. Hooks wrote in an essay “Keeping Close to Home”
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equal education. Two arguments which present interesting views on higher education are bell hook’s “Keeping Close to Home” and Adrienne Rich’s “What Does a Woman Need to Know?” Hooks views higher education with a concern for the underprivileged‚ whereas Rich views it with a concern for women. Of the two works‚ I personally do not agree with Rich’s argument. Bell hooks views higher education to be a time in which we find ourselves and learn more about who
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seem like a culture instead of an economic standing. In many cases‚ us individuals allow those stereotypes to become who we are. Now in days‚ television shows and movies depict the poor as people with no ambition‚ no dignity‚ people who cannot be happy with themselves while living in poverty. These negative stereotypes often fill people with a stigma of being or becoming poor. Many of us in this generation‚ who grew up in poverty or with blue-collar workers as parents‚ have dealt
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Home” was written by Bell Hooks. Bell hooks whose original name was Gloria Watkins was born in 1952. Hooks is one of the top leading cultural and educational theorists in America. In education she Hooks has received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. In this essay hooks talk about her journey to educate herself and not losing her sense of where she came from as African-American woman from a working class background (Bell Hooks‚ Keeping close to
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