bell hooks

I would just like to say how happy I am that this will be one of two of my last blog entries!!! The readings this week were kind of dull, to say the least. SORRY ELLEN! I would like to talk about the Waiting to Exhale one, because I can actually understand what is going on in that essay.

The writer, bell hooks, goes on to talk about how horrible this movie, Waiting to Exhale, is at depicting African American women and their relationships. She goes on to criticize basically the world, on how naive and ignorant they are at praising such a movie. bell hooks says that this movie is just a never ending stereotype. I guess that might be true. I would like to say that all women have trouble with men. I really do hate when race becomes a part in any discussion. Why should it matter that this "negative" sterotype is of black women? Why can't women just band together and be angry? That really gets to me. We've come a long way in fighting for equal rights and to be together in harmony(I know that sounds cheesy) but it seems like sometimes we're all still stuck in the 50's-60's fighting each other on who's discriminating against who.

ANYWAY, I am aware of the racial divides in our world, I just wish it could be different. Another point, going back to bell hooks, that she made was how there was a "sterotype" of always placing white women against black women when it comes to the white women dating black men. I don't find that a sterotype. Not in the least bit! I think any person with COMMON SENSE would know that interracial dating is not the most popular thing in society. Older generations are said to be the "problem" and once they're all gone we might have peace, but I've been around people my age (19) and even younger that have said racial remarks. Before we can go around and blame all the baby boomers and their parents, we need to realize our own hates and that those baby boomers and their parents are our families. It's not just with race either, it's with sexuality, as well. I just think writing an essay fighting about racial stereotypes is ridiculous. In the end you're really only making more people angry. Nobody will win the racial argument, it's a lost cause.