bell hooks Pt 1 cultural criticism and transformation

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BELL HOOKS!

If you're tired of hearing about oppression, that's just too bad. You wanna know what society would look like if people WEREN'T talking about oppression (what you call "whining")? Look at North Korea.

"My point is, just wait a generation or two, and you'll have a new top dog to annoy you."

Tell that to the thousands of black men who are wasting away in the U.S. gulag system (i.e. the prison industrial complex). They, and the rest of the world, can't wait. Perhaps there will always be some form of oppression, but the only, and I mean the ONLY reason our world isn't absolutely tyrannical is that people are constantly struggling against every form of oppression.

I didn't hear her criticise the film. In fact, it sounded like she was supporting it iin terms of its effect on raising consciousness surrounding imperialism (though she strangly mixed the Irish and the Scots there). Her point, which yours doesn't disagree with, is who in this society has the power to bring such a story to so many.

But the black hero movies is not the point. She is just complaining that white men are at the top. We've heard it all before. White priviledge is bad, and must be exposed and ridiculed. My point is, just wait a generation or two, and you'll have a new top dog to annoy you.

At the opening of the video, hooks describes the importance of analytical thinking, particularly in relation to popular culture. I think that's her key argument. If we begin to view popular culture through an analytical lens, we'll start to recognize the race, gender and class tropes, and by discussing them, can perhaps work toward ridding ourselves of this institutionalized racist and sexist structures that produces a sort of neurotic superiority/inferiority complex in the populace.

Cont. from my previous post. I'm too wordy apparently. I don't think hooks is advocating (or believing in) a reversal of racial or gender hierarchy. She's talking about exposing the dominant power structure so we can discuss ways to balance it, not simply replace one exploitive system with another. Two other quick points: she's talking about centuries of oppression. A few generations can't wipe that out. Also, she's not discussing individuals (she's not blaming any one person) but a system.

The insult wasn't neccessary, but I'll indulge you. Now i don't know if the produccers were black, but ultimately, it's not important, because the heroes were. The black swim team movie, The Great Debaters, Finding Forester, A slew of Denzel W. movies, Spike Lee movies, Will Smith movies, Wesley Snipes, Drum line, etc. etc.