bell hooks Pt 2 cultural criticism and transformation

renowned intellectual bell hooks examines popular culture in the context of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.

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[JordanjamesX]

bell hooks is the best she is a genius!!!!

[yarafeld]

Right on. Social and political consciousness are difficult to achieve for oppressed people because they are living under a system that reinforces their supposed infereiority through subjugation that it declares normal, natural and necessary. Fighting back is not at all easy because one would first have to consciously resist the idea that one is what the culture says one is - and how easy is it to do this when you are ubiquitously represented as inferior by both the system and others like you?

[fleurgi]

i am writing a paper on bell hooks eating the other. thanks for this upload

[itsmissvsworld]

I am loving this video. Thanks so much for the upload.

[avilavr]

@arielhans The intentional use of all lower-case letters bell hooks uses in her name is to pay homage to her grandmother (named bell hooks). She purposely uses all lower-case letters because slaves, to include her grandmother, were not allowed to use capitol letters in their names. If you listen to her explanation regarding White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy, she explains how discrimination is interrelated and perpetuated by way of the continued degradation of those 'less privileged'.

[arielhans]

I appreciate that Mrs Hook can stand out to talk about big social issues as race and gender. Hooks is right that people already have certain stereotype of race and culture. We r consiciously knowing what kinds of imagine will impact us. Mass media was used to back women into feminism and use black as bad guy. But we cannot understand black, women, or others simply from single factor or self belief yet institutional structure. we should go deeply to inferiorties' lives and show them more respect.

[Yinweiyi]

In the films "Smoke” and "Star Wars", they all have black actors which played a villain. I agree with her, because to choose a black guy always doing something bad can let audience fell black people are all bad. This is a racial discrimination through the media.

[Yinweiyi]

In the films "Smoke” and "Star Wars", they all have black actors which played a villain. I agree with her, because to choose a black guy always doing something bad can let audience fell black people are all bad. This is a racial discrimination through the media.

[leechie3]

She talked about race discrimination and gender problems.

I believe that humans are equal and should possess the basic rights or at least some people shouldn't be discriminated against such as black people.

Also Feminist education is necessary in this modern society, so women can overcome the misunderstandings that remain from the past. Especially in China, gender discriminations are very serious.

[venusvelvet1]

bell hooks’s talk was really true and the realities are in front of our own eyes. The world systems are dominated by men and women are still considered inferior. The Capitalist system has caused the rich people to become super rich and the poor become poorer. The gaps between these classes are much larger now compared to 20 to 30 years ago.