Bell Hooks Where We Stand Feminism And Class Power Analysis

bell hooks: Where We Stand; Feminism and Class Power
The key concept I’ve chosen to write about is feminism. bell hooks indicate in her article “Where We Stand; Feminism and Class Power" her outlook on how the feminist movement began and how class powers play a role in feminism. In her article, Bell Hooks analyzes the term feminism as a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and other forms of oppression against women. In her article, Bell Hooks gives a great example of the concept of Feminism through her example of when the feminist movement began. When feminism began to receive media attention, only privileged individuals paid attention which mostly included middle to upper-class white women. Given the opportunity for a group of women …show more content…
I was a fifteen-year-old girl trying to look for a way to get income and Telesolutions was a marketing company that I came across that always seemed to be hiring. I took my chance and applied for the job. A couple of days after applying for the job position of a call representative, I was called in for an interview. The first thing I noticed when I walked in was a number of men that worked there. The women who were working there were all caucasian which did make me very nervous at such a young age but I was not going to allow it to intimidate me. After anxiously waiting, a white man walked out of an office and called me up. When called up the first question they asked was where I was from which was odd to me. I answered and after which he asked what was my availability and my age. I told him I was available only part-time because I was attending school. He acted as if he was writing down information on his paper and then looked up and said “alright, unfortunately, the job position is actually required for men only who are able to work full time, we posted that in our listing but I’m so sorry you were not able to see the requirements. However, later in the year, we will be having job positions targeted towards women.” After that interview, the next summer I applied again multiple times to the same company but never received a …show more content…
After that experience, I became self-conscious about the job positions I was applying for. I would look for jobs that did not list a lot of requirements because I assumed that if I went there and saw white women or men, they were automatically going to get the job and I was not ready to get shot down again. My experience is a great example of Bell Hook’s point in her article about how today the idea of feminism revolves around privileged men especially white men and Caucasian women. All in all, as a feminist, I do believe that in today’s society we have a long way to go to reach the equality of all women regardless of their race, religion, and