loving discipline. In Justice: Childhood Love Lessons bell hooks claims that "No one can rightfully claim to be loving when behaving abusively." Parents that abuse their children do not show or teach love. However‚ it is unfair to claim that a slap on the hand is considered abuse and the parents that commit this type of action‚ they do not love their child. There is a difference between physical punishment and child abuse. "Children from all classes tell me that they love their parents and are loved
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Jack Schmuck English IV Mrs. Fredrick 31 March‚ 2015 Childhood Love Lessons Welts‚ scars‚ and bruises are just a few of the marks abusive parents leave on their children. However‚ a spanking or a light slap on the hand are some simple ways of teaching loving discipline. In Justice: Childhood Love Lessons Bell Hooks claims‚ “No one can claim to be loving when behaving abusively.” Parents who abuse their child do not either show or teach love. Despite that it is unfair to say that a slap on the
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“Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love‚ that true love does not exist‚ cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.” (CITE) As a firm believer in love‚ as well as a hopeless romantic‚ I am deeply intrigued by Bells Hooks writing. Bell Hooks born Gloria Jean Watkins was born September 25‚ 1952 in a black neighborhood in Hopkinsville a small‚ segregated town
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equal education. Two arguments which present interesting views on higher education are bell hook’s “Keeping Close to Home” and Adrienne Rich’s “What Does a Woman Need to Know?” Hooks views higher education with a concern for the underprivileged‚ whereas Rich views it with a concern for women. Of the two works‚ I personally do not agree with Rich’s argument. Bell hooks views higher education to be a time in which we find ourselves and learn more about who
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Home” was written by Bell Hooks. Bell hooks whose original name was Gloria Watkins was born in 1952. Hooks is one of the top leading cultural and educational theorists in America. In education she Hooks has received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. In this essay hooks talk about her journey to educate herself and not losing her sense of where she came from as African-American woman from a working class background (Bell Hooks‚ Keeping close to
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Love vs. Punishment In the article “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons” bell hooks claims that “there is nothing that creates more confusion about love in the minds and hearts of children than unkind or cruel punishment” (hooks 27). In other words punishment of any kind‚ let it be pinching‚ flicking or spanking will result in disorientation in a child’s mind. This statement is true to some people‚ false to others‚ but overall hooks tends to be bias in her argument. She doesn’t explore the different
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needs to be stopped. bell hooks also suggests that both males and females have to acknowledge that the problem is patriarchy and work to end patriarchy. hooks’ starts off her article with the definition of patriarchy‚ which is a single most life-threatening social disease assaulting the male body and spirit in our nation. In other words‚ patriarchy is a political system that insists that males inherently dominating‚ superior to everything and everyone deemed weak‚
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second half of Bell Hooks’ work. In this book‚ Hooks is giving the reader an insight into her experiences as a Black female feminist educator teaching about Black women’s issues. Although I myself am not Black‚ as a Mexican-American woman pursuing an academic career‚ I could relate to a vast amount of what Hooks stated throughout the book. The point that struck me the most was the discussion of critiques and the validation of experience in academia (Hooks‚ 1994). In chapter 6‚ Hooks critiques Diana
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Love is a simple phrase that has existed throughout human history. Since the beginning of time‚ we have been taught to love one another through works of kindness and compassion. Despite this‚ we as a greedy‚ shallow culture tend to resort to conflict to solve our issues. From wars to segregation‚ humans have fought numerous battles in the name of a better world‚ yet‚ all they have accomplished is insurmountable conflict. Although this epidemic floods our history‚ there are times where the tenderness
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significance of the "Teaching to Transgress" passage hints at dark undertones using pathos‚ imagery‚ the first-person point-of-view. Bell Hooks describes her loss of love for school when realizing that "For black children‚ education was no longer about the practice of freedom" since they "...were mainly taught by white teachers whose lessons reinforced racist"(114). Hooks goes on to say that "that shift from beloved‚ all-black schools to white schools where black students were always seen as interlopers
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