Killing Rage: Ending Racism

hooks doesn’t use the term intersectional but argues for the “interconnectedness” of race, gender, and class issues (139). How does her idea of interconnectedness compare with the idea of intersectionality from other writers? Why might hooks have adopted the term “interconnectedness” instead of “intersectionality?”

How does hooks’s use of Black nationalist ideas, like Black self-determination, differ from how they were originally used and/or how they are used by other authors, especially male authors?

How would you compare and contrast hooks’s discussions of feminism with the concept of womanism created and used by other Black female authors?

How would you compare and contrast hooks’s use of cited sources with her use of personal anecdotes? Is one more persuasive than the other? Why or why not?

How does class impact Black communities and Black identity? Is hooks’s analysis of class accurate? Why or why not?

How does hooks differentiate between intellectual life and academic life? Why is this distinction important?

hooks mentions being influenced by Audre Lorde. How would you compare and contrast their writing? In what ways do hooks and Lorde agree? Are there ways in which they disagree?

While her audience is primarily Black, what advice does hooks offer for other people of color and white people? Why should people who are not Black study Killing Rage: Ending Racism?