For the most part I agreed with this essay. I thought that the author tied the essay together nicely in the last page. Throughout the whole essay she made many strong arguments, and i agreed with most of them. I agreed with her interpretation of the black female; she described how hard their lives were and how they barely had energy for their own familes. This seemed entirely true along with how important it is to create a "Homeplace". I also agreed with her assesment on how the sexist views of male African Americans caused a little friction with their fight for racial freedom. It seemed that not having the views of the women would hurt their cause greatly.
Their were some parts that I did not agree with however. Through the essay I felt like she had the attitude that African American women did nothing wrong. It seemed like she thought they were perfect and that they were just treated wrongly. I agree that they were treated wrongly, and feel ashamed of my ancestors, but I doubt that every African American female was perfect.
Overall I thought it was a very good essay, and although I was unsure of the topic of the essay in the begining, I soon found it out the more I read.
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I agree with everything you are saying in this post. The way black women were treated back then was pretty bad, but there is no need to put them on a pedestal, either. Black women are people, just like everyone else. If only everyone could see things that way...
I agree with most of the points in your response. The black women were treated poorly and this was the necessary reason for having a subversive household. I disagree with how you think Hooks wrapped the essay up efficiently. I think there could have been more said and the beginning of the paper kept repeating itself.
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