Killing Rage

Ending Racism

Paperback, 277 pages

English language

Published March 18, 1996 by H. Holt and Co..

ISBN:
978-0-8050-5027-1
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OCLC Number:
35857163

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More than two decades before Black Lives Matter and the #MeToo movement roiled America, bell hooks was declaring that abolishing racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. In Killing Rage, one of our premier cultural and social critics brings the Black feminist’s voice to bear on this country’s public discourse on race, redressing the historical shunting of women’s writing in this sphere to the side. In incisive essays, hooks addresses the wide spectrum of topics dealing with race and racism in the United States: friendship between Black women and white women; psychological trauma among African Americans; and internalized racism in movies and the media. hooks tackles the bitter difficulties of racism by envisioning a world without it, sharing a vision where “killing rage”―the fierce anger of Black people stung by repeated instances of everyday racism―offers not only a wellspring of love and strength, but also a realistic catalyst …

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Subjects

  • Racism -- United States
  • Feminism -- United States
  • African American women
  • United States -- Race relations