When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a const…

Bell Hooks
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When we only name the problem, when we state complaint without a constructive focus or resolution, we take hope away. In this way critique can become merely an expression of profound cynicism, which then works to sustain dominator culture. ✨ bell hooks (2013). Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, p.14, Routledge
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..Critically intervene in a way that challenges and changes. ✨ Bell Hooks (2009). Reel to Real: Race, Class and Sex at the Movies, p.12, Routledge

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