Bell Hooks Killing Rage Analysis

I have seen people vandalizing on a public transportation system, and I was just sitting there not doing anything about it. I regret my decision to remain silent. In the city of San Francisco, vandalism is a form of urban art. However, according to SF Public Work, it costs around 20 million dollars annually to cover the damage from vandalism. My bus fare was raised several times a year due to this issue. I could have done many things to stop vandalism: I could have alerted the transportation agency by text messages or notified the driver in person. I stayed in the position of silence because I was afraid of getting in trouble or having to waste a lot more time to explain to the police. My silence has contributed to the increase of bus fare and it supported the people who are vandalizing the public property. There are many reasons why people are willing to stay in the position of silence rather than utilizing their voice. Cultural values and history have contributed to the silence in our society, and it will escalate to more extreme situations unless we break the silence with our voice and actions.
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K, a travel companion of hooks being called by white female flight attendants and accuse her of occupying a wrong seat. The truth is that the airline “made” a mistake on her ticket, but K did not get a chance to explain to the flight attendant. The sense of powerlessness in K forces her to move to a new seat and give up her assigned seat. hooks describes her emotion towards the white men who took K’s assign seat as killing rage, and she wants to stab him and kill him. hook is mad at the white man because he did not help to fight against the injustice for people of color. The silence from both K and the white man on the airplane show that silence is more than cultural value and it is originally from