Belle Hooks Cultural Criticism And Transformation Analysis
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“Belle Hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation” is about how deeply rooted gender, race and class are rooted into our culture. This is put into words by what Belle Hooks calls “White supremacist, capitalist patriarchy.” This is a great way to point out what is wrong with our society in a few short words. Race, gender and class have been so engrained into our lives that we make judgments because of them. Chapter 13 in the Women, Race/Ethnicity and Criminal Justice Processing chapter. It mention how the influence of gender race and class will influence an officer on whether or not he will arrest an offender (TAARA 18, 187-1). This is the type of cultural stigma we allow in our society.
Belle Hooks spoke powerful words that state the obvious