Bell Hooks' Current Political Thought on White Supremacy and Racism

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POLS 112 Current Political Thought: Bell Hooks
11.bell hooks distinguish between “white supremacy” and “racism.” Explain her distinction and why it’s significant.
Our society today has become a more inclusive one that frowns upon racism or any kind of supremacy with a main goal of making others feel inferior or invalidated. When considering historical aspects of white supremacy and racism, these two concepts have been considered as interchangeable, to a point where one is defined by the other.
bell hooks distinguished between white supremacy and racism in such a way that she noted that “white supremacy” was a better term than “racism” because racism was a seemingly blanket term for all people who exploited African Americans (bell hooks 184). bell hooks argued that “white supremacy” fitted the situation more because there are actions that can be seen as racist, but are in...