Bell Hooks

American feminist, Gloria Jean Watkins was born September 25, 1952 her pen name was Bell Hooks under which she wrote a number of books about oppression and domination focusing on the relationship between race, class and gender. She claims that she can perpetuate systems of abuse. Bell Hooks has published thirty books, many scholarly articles, documentary films and various public lectures. Bell Hooks believes that by emulating oppression students can have an idea what it’s like to go through it and have more empathy for what goes on in the real world. She began teaching in 1976 as an English professor and senior lecturer in Ethnic Studies at the University of Southern California.

I really liked what Watkins has to say and I would like to apply her philosophy, someday in my own classroom.

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