Where We Stand: Class Matters

good analysis of how race/gender/class intersect and i thought the parts about how discourse today focuses on race/gender and obscures class + using class as a common ground for white ppl & bipoc to build solidarity were very insightful but i am not a fan of the writing style in this book, feels a bit preachy and meandering and had extremely minimal source citing despite making a lot of broad claims. made me reflect on my own relationship to class but overall i think it lacked the structure + evidence to make a truly compelling argument

Hooks is best when giving concrete examples, or sharing stories of her life. Here hooks raises questions that can't be dismissed, and she serves as a great example of someone who sacrificed to lead a different life than the one mapped out for her. The book is a little repetitive, and I wish she had tried harder to define class vs race vs region vs income. Still, a worthy read.

Class is so often dismissed in our society. It is nice to see bell raise and begin to tackle this issue and include some of her own experience without fear...but when have we known bell to do anything but

I have been quite impressed since reading several articlrs written by hooks as well as quotes cited as hers. This is the first book besides "Happy to be Nappy" that I've read. I love her style of leaving no doubt as to what she is thinking. She cites many examples and others' works in support of her arguments which, to me, are crystal clear and refreshing.

I will be reading "Teaching Community" next.

America as a whole needs to read this book. One of the best studies on class and how it is affecting black america.

Product Description
Where We Stand is a powerful new book by one of America's most admired critics and writers. For years we have turned to bell hooks-feminist, social thinker, memoirist, teacher-for her deeply felt ideas on women, race, culture, sexuality, and more recently on love and children. Now Bell Hooks talks about class-the 'elephant in the room'-the subject we all know is central to our culture and its problems but that hasn't been given the attention it so desperately needs.
Why is it that the face of poverty in America is a black face, even though most of the thirty-six million poor in America are white? How do fantasies of wealth's power help keep the poor poor? What do black teens want, and how do they learn to want it? Are show more wealthy black Americans any more aware of class issues than wealthy whites? Why do we need so much money, after all?
Bell Hooks talks about these subjects in her own style. Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan coop boards, Where We Standis 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. show less