![]() Her work therefore provides an insight that is otherwise lacking amongst liberal feminists with its white, middle-class and college-educated bias. She identified the role played by the media and within education in the construction of a white-supremacist-capitalist-patriarchy. ![]() In her book entitled ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ bell hooks considered the historical impact of sexism and racism on black women and the devaluation of black womanhood. This enables us to recognise the multidimensional basis of injustice within society.Īccording to bell hooks, systems of oppression have the ability to perpetuate themselves over time. Intersectionality focuses upon how various biological, social, religious and cultural factors interact on multiple levels. Intersectionality seeks to identify a system of oppression that moves beyond our traditional understanding of oppression. ![]() Her work focused upon the intersectionality of race, capitalism and gender. The first thing to note about bell hooks is the absence of capital letters! bell hooks was the pen name for the feminist author and activist born Gloria Watkins, and the nom de plume derived from her maternal great-grandmother whom she greatly admired. ![]()
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