- ISBN13: 9780415929134
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman’s reflection – personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest – on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them…. More >>
You have only so much time upon this earth. Do not waste even one minute on the musings of this mediocrity, bell hooks. If you have ever endured a freshman orientation “diversity” lecture, you’ve heard everything this dullard has to offer. She is standard-issue academic Left.
Rating: 1 / 5
I read this book for my sociology class. While I agree completely that class matters I think Bell Hooks does an extremely poor job of explaining why. Throughout the novel I felt like I was reading a paper written by a ten year old. Things just don’t make sense. Also, the way it’s written is very subjective, taking away any credibility it might have had. She does make some good points but nothing that other books about the same subject don’t make. It’s not worth trudging through the repetative nonsense of the rest of the book. Don’t waste your money, there are many GOOD books out there (try “Ain’t no Makin it” By Jay MacLeod for a good book on same topic).
Rating: 1 / 5
I was raised in a house where there wasn’t a lack of money but there definetly wasn’t a surplus. We belived God would meet our needs and everything beyond that was a blessing. I have two theories that I always live by. One is that until you reach not only a certain age but a certain level of maturity nothing you have is a direct reflection of your own accomplishments. Furthermore, there is a belief that comes with being a Christian that material possesions lack importance anyway. Why? Because they are only precious in the human eye. Meaning that they carry no value in any after-life. Reading books like this make me thank God that I was raised to look at and live for more than today. I strive to gain everlasting riches in life. My rewards are in heaven where I shall make my home.
Rating: 4 / 5
Where We Stand is a book that relates class and race. As you read you are confronted with a number of instances related to you by the author about her childhood. She does this to illustrate her point when confronted by class discrimination that goes beyond race later in the book. I read this for a College level English class and was constantly analyzing, and picking apart this piece of literature. during the course of our discussion, we came to the conclusion that bell hooks was seeing past the social constraints and looking at the real “problem” with society, Class. This seems like a good idea, but throughout the book I was constantly agitated with the way she presents material and argues her point, halfway through the book I put it down, I didn’t need this monologue of at times childish whining.
Rating: 2 / 5
I loved the beginning of this book, and I was really understanding how she felt, and how all this made her who she is now. But once i got to the middle and end, I thought she was taking iteverything out porportion. I have heard Bell Hooks, is a very inspirational speaker, and I’m sure she is, but she can go alittle too far.
Rating: 3 / 5