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Assignment 06

Bell Hook’s, in her writing piece “Eating the Other,” describes the relationships between different races. The interactions between different races is interesting and sometimes may be disturbing. For instance, if we go back in past, white people used and abused people of different races. Now, in a present Hook’s says that young people want to transcend the old ways and be open to new ways. However, it is not always that simple. If we look at the example she gave us about white guys who want to have interactions with females from different races, in a way it is still the intervention into their lives. Regarding to the “others” concept, I believe Bell Hook meant people of different races, cultures and genders.

She often uses the world “others” in her text, it might be an approach to show how different people are. Her relationship to it, I believe, is very strong because she tries to educate people on what is right and what is wrong. If everybody would go with a right route, then we would have probably lived in a more respectful society because everybody would understand the value of an individualism. In addition, “other” might also mean an individual because we are all different with our own beliefs and principals. Plus, people usually do not like when someone tries to change our beliefs our influence us somehow. In the example mentioned before, white guys want to influence girls of different races because for them it is some soft of a challenge to become someone new. Although, it is not always a good thing to do because it is very disrespectful to others.

Thus, I believe Hook’s meaning of the “others” is simple. “Others” are people who are just different and being different is normal. Hopefully in the future, people would not pay a lot of attention to where you came from and who you are and instead they would focus on your individuality.