While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black peop…

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While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that this pleasure should be linked to unlearning racism. ✨ bell hooks (2014). Black Looks: Race and Representation, p.17, Routledge
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While it has become “cool” for white folks to hang out with black people and express pleasure in black culture, most white people do not feel that this pleasure should be linked to unlearning racism. ✨ bell hooks (2014). Black Looks: Race and Representation, p.17, Routledge

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