Sept 23--bell hooks directed reading questions

Be thinking of the answers to these questions as you prepare for tomorrow's discussion of the article by bell hooks.

1) Why do you think she might she have decided to use the pseudonym bell hooks (nee Gloria Watson). By the way, bell hooks is the name of Watson's grandmother?

2) What are some of the value differences she says exist between Black, working-class Southern culture and the affluent, White culture she experienced at Stanford?

3) Why do you think she asserts, "It is crucial that those among us who resist and rebel, who survive and succeed, speak openly and honestly about our lives and the nature of our personal struggles?"

4) Why does she choose to speak (write) simply with language that is accessible? What is the counter-argument she hears?