Quote by: bell hooks

What you have now then is the marketing of racialized identities as tools for consumption. And certain racialized bodies and images are associated with hipness, coolness, edginess. So all kinds of youth all over the world are appropriating that style as a way of, sort of, countering authority, stating their rebelliousness, and wanting to be seen as significant.


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Author Bio


  • Namebell hooks
  • DescriptionAmerican author, feminist, and social activist
  • AliasesGloria Jean Watkins
  • BornSeptember 25, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPhilosopher
  • WorksAin't I A Woman?; All About Love: New Visions; We Real Cool: Black Men And Masculinity; Feminist Theory: From Margin To Center