Hurston And Hooks Analysis

Hurston Lorde and hooks all believe in social and economical equality. They believe that everyone is or should be equal. People in today’s society fight many different battles of discrimination, due to markers of difference. These three intellectuals give advice on how to raise future generations to become egocentric. In order to do this parents must raise their children with high self esteem. As they grow they will begin to explore differences with confidence and use their past to educate themselves and others.

Raising your child with great self esteem destroys the feeling of being the other. Lorde believes that many races don’t fit into the dominant culture. This causes different races to try to fit into a “mythical norm”. She says, “Somewhere,
Children raised with high self esteem will already feel normal whether they are discriminated against or not. Hurston is a great example that being raised with high self esteem helps you not to separate yourself from being normal. Hurston says, “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anyone deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me” Lorde 121. This quote shows how Hurston’s childhood had a very big effect on her self esteem. Hurston grew up in an african american neighborhood. This helped her gain a great deal of self esteem because she was raised where it was okay to be colored. It is a beautiful thing when she says she remembers the very first day she became colored. In the sense as if she never knew her skin was dark until she moved. I believe this gave her a great deal of confidence. Hurston was raised with high self esteem so she never had the opportunity to feel like the other. If future generations don’t have the opportunity to feel like the other, they won’t long to fit into the “mythical norm”. They will know that they’re already normal. They don’t have to separate their true selves from success. hooks believes that to be successful you have