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Where We Stand: Class Matters
by bell hooks

Where We Stand: Class Matters
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Author: bell hooks
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-04
ISBN: 041592913X
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Routledge

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Book Review: Muddled, poorly written, too subjective.
Summary: 1 Stars

How to sum up bell hooks in under 5 words: not a good writer. She constantly writers that class is the biggest issue of all, which she then contradicts by constantly mentions the importance of race and money. Worst of all, she repeats the same things over and over to no affect besides being an annoyance. With some editing, and a less muddled, contradictory thesis/outline, this could have been a good book. But with all of the generalizations and assumptions - on top of everything else I just mentioned - "Where We Stand" is a failure. I'm actually very surprised with all of the positive reviews this book has been given.

hooks, if she had things her way, would make the USA communist. Yes there are 38 million people living in poverty, but the population has doubled to 6 billion since 1960 when the world population was only 3 billion - much thanks to families, like hooks', who have too many kids (7 in hooks' case). Earth has finite land and resources - when the population goes up so much, it's no wonder there are so many homeless. Not enough room for everyone, unless you want to completely obliterate the environment or build millions of 40- 50- or 60-story apartment complexes everywhere. On top of that, millions and MILLIONS - 38 million according to hooks - of jobs need to be created.

If hooks truly believes that the poor aren't lazy, then why is it that illegal immigrants find it so easy to find jobs all over the county? If a low-wage job is available, I would take it (if I were poor) if it meant keeping me off the streets. Yet our country - ahem, liberals - are supporting illegal immigrants. I'm not Xenophobic, I'm not anti-Mexican, anti-immigration, or racist. I wish everyone the best. But when people in our own country can't even find a place to live, why is it that we're trying to protect the rights of illegals?

I could go on and on about all of the things hooks refuses to acknowledge. She's blaming "us" for looking the other way, while she's doing the exact same thing.

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