bell hooks on Representations of Whiteness and of White People in the Black Imagination

Jake Krismer

This factsheet reflects on the ways Black people perceive whiteness. The factsheet speaks to different historical constructions towards whiteness and offers perspective on taking up positionalities to challenge rather than reinscribe white supremacy.

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References

hooks, bell. "Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination." In Displacing Whiteness: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism, 165-179. Edited by Ruth Frankenberg. Durham: Duke University Press, 1999. https://pages.mtu.edu/~jdslack/readings/CSReadings/hooks_Representing_Whiteness_Black_Imagination.pdf

Source Authors

bell hooks

Keywords

'Race' as a Political Tool, Accountability & Responsibility, Anti-Black Racism, Anti-Racism, Black Feminism, Black Lives Matter, Challenging Whiteness, Colorblindness, Confronting Prejudice, Constructing 'Race', Constructing Difference, Critical Race Theory, Dismantle Structural Racism, Identity, Interrupting Assumptions, Othering, Plurality of Experiences, Racist Hierarchies, Racist Violence, Representations and Power, Resistant Knowledge, Slavery, Social Ideas and Power, White Privilege, White Supremacy

Themes

Activism, Theory